AAVC Spotlight

Kabira Stokes ’99 and Lydia Mendoza ’11

This year, the alumnae/i association, AAVC, turns 150. Throughout 2021, the College will be celebrating this anniversary by highlighting a few of Vassar’s most notable alumnae/i in architecture, arts, business, education, entertainment, healthcare, humanitarian efforts, law, social justice, and technology. For Earth Month, we focus on two alumnae who have dedicated themselves to bettering the planet’s environment while creating opportunity for all.

Joseph Bertolozzi performing on a bridge

This year, the alumnae/i association, AAVC, turns 150. Throughout 2021, the College will be celebrating this anniversary by highlighting a few of Vassar’s most notable alumnae/i in architecture, arts, business, education, entertainment, healthcare, humanitarian efforts, law, social justice, and technology.

Throughout a wide-ranging career in the Episcopal priesthood, Rev. Canon Petero Sabune ’77 has tackled issues as global as the acceptance of women priests in Africa and as local as the food insecurity of his neighbors in Mount Vernon, NY.

Dr. Barbara Barlow ’60, an award-winning pediatric surgeon, has worked tirelessly to prevent traumatic injury to children throughout her long and distinguished career.