You may move on, but you never move away! Women stay active with the Network and continue to lend their skills, knowledge and contacts to others who are following in their footsteps.

Want to connect with someone who you knew while you were at UMass or want to get in touch with someone whose already gone but you may have heard a lot about?

Want to find out what happens when you're ready to venture out of UMass...careers or workplace, graduate school, new cities...other stuff??? Here's the place to do it.

The women listed here have agreed to be a resource to you.

Feel free to contact them and extend the reach of the Network in the process!

Our Alumnae : (This section is being updated regularly)

Judyie Al-Balali (former Assistant Director at the Women of Color Leadership Network)
New York City, NY
Judyie is a theatre artist and educator. She earned both of her degrees from UMass; an MFA in Directing in 2000 and a BA Cum Laude in African American Performing Arts in 1978. Judyie has performed and directed in off-Broadway, regional and collegiate theater for over thirty years. She has headed her own arts organization, Homecoming Festival and worked as an administrator for Actors Theatre of Louisville and Crossroads Theatre. She has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the arts and the MacDowell Arts Colony. She is a poet and playwright. Judyie's work centers on the use of theatre as a transformational tool for both individuals and the global community.

Nashira Baril (Class of 2001)
Boston, MA
Bingham and Women's Hospital
REACH 2010, Boston Public Health Commission
Title: Program Coordinator
nashira_baril@bphc.org

Paloma Vazquez Davila (Class of 2000)
Medical student at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, in Guadalajara, Mexico.
yogena@yahoo.com

Nevelle Daniel (Class of 1998)
617-686-1036
Boston, MA
nechda@onebox.com

Adriana Jenkins (Class of 2002)
Sendai-Shi, Japan
ALT for the JET Program. Her hobbies are haiku writing, traveling, onsen (hot springs), and the gym.
adriana_jenkins@yahoo.com

Patricia Mota Guedes
Sao Pado, Brazil
Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics
A public policy think tank which focuses on institutional analyis in the areas of education, violence, energy and urban development.
http://www.braudel.org.br/circuloeng
patricia@braudel.org.br

Marielin Lopez (Class 2001)
Working for community service to people of color who love and enjoy the arts but don't have access to the resources to share and present it
MDL424@yahoo.com

Natalia M. López
Program Associate for a fellowship program entitled New Voices in Washington, DC. The New Voices Fellowship Program is a capacity building and leadership development program that assists nonprofit organizations and professionals entering the fields of human rights and international cooperation. Sponsored program areas include international human rights, women's rights, racial justice/civil rights, migrant and refugee rights, international peace and security, foreign policy, and international economic policy.
nlopez@aed.org

Kassia Ringell (Class of 2002)
Brookline, MA
kassiaringell@hotmail.com

Shelly Yarnie Sarpong (undergrad. 1998, grad. 2002)
I am presently working at Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford, CT. I am Program Manager for the Asthma Center. As I started this job, I am beginning to meet everyone and learn new aspects of myjob. I commute into work every morning, it takes me an hour to get here daily.
syarnie@ccmckids.org

Jaimee Trahan (2001)
Washington, DC
Entertainment
jama9@hotmail.com

Monique Johnson
Working at Fox 25 in boston as national sales assistant. I deal with all of the fox afialates all across the country handling adminstrative paperwork for the account executives to make sure the comercials on fox run correctly and the business behind it all and I get to do a little marketing.
mjohn117@foxtv.com

Ticora V. Jones
Tew Research Group
Polymer Science & Engineering Department
UMass Amherst
ticora@polysci.umass.edu

Lai Ying Yu
Community organizer at the Asian Community Development Corporation. It's a very great learning experience about the many aspects involved in urban development. A CDC works to develop three strategic areas in order to build capacity within the
community: economic, real estate/physical and general community work.
lai_ying_yu@yahoo.com

Yolanda Van Cooten
(Class of 2005)
Senior with Sport Management major and will be doing an internship in Atlanta in Sport Marketing/Event Management, in Spring 2005
yolsv@hotmail.com

Lisa McCarthy
Currently working for the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program @ MA Department of Public Health.
lisa.mccarthy@state.ma.us

Johnette Ellis
(Class of 2003)
Afro-American Studies, School of Humanities and Fine Arts
Working at Family Advocacy Program located in Boston Medical Center
JohnetteEllis@aol.com

Tu Mach
(Class of 2005)
Pre-Nursing, School of Nursing
Tu is involved with:
RealizAsian- Financial Secretary
Asian American Issues and Culture
Computer Graphic Arts
President of ALANA nursing Association

Jamielle Walker
(Class of 2002)
Second year graduate student- Community Health Education in the Public Health department at Umass Amherst. Focus is Women of Color and Health.
Jamielle enjoys reading, shopping, traveling, and dancing.
jamiellew@yahoo.com

Jacqueline DeJesus
(Class of 2005)
Jacqueline DeJesus is a single mother, student, and a hard worker in all aspects of her life. Jacqui D. likes to relax, dance, and shop whenever possible. I have been involved with the women of color leadership network since fall 2003, and graduated from the WOCLN training in spring of 2003, and now a staff member since December 2003. She is a "super senior" graduating in May 2005. She is Majoring in Legal Studies and double minoring in women's studies and Latin American Studies.

Gilberita Lewis

Gilberita is a junior here at the University, with a major in Black Studies. She has been involved with the Women of Color Leadership Network since her freshmen year, in which she participated and or attended WOCLN events. She has since remained with the program, recognizing that WOCLN assisted in her growth and personal evolvement.

Teresa Walker
(Class of 2004)
Graduated with Sociology and Women Studies Major and now working as Assistant Brand Manager at Time Inc. for In Style and Real Simple Magazines.
teresa_walker@timeinc.com