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Milton Academy
170 Centre St
King Theater
Milton, Massachusetts, 02186
United States

Adrienne Fung

Student

Adrienne Fung is a junior in high school at Milton Academy from Hong Kong. Among other things, she is the cohead of Asian Society, a boarder in Millet House, and a passionate foodie with a deep interest in human stories and culture.

Julia Shepard Stenzel

Author

Julia Shepard Stenzel (juliastenzel.com) is a certified coach, consultant and author. She helps individuals and organizations gain clarity and make progress on their mission and goals. She is a co-author of The Brand IDEA: Managing Nonprofit Brands with Integrity, Democracy and Affinity (Jossey-Bass, 2014).

Kristine Palmero

High School English Teacher

Kristine Palmero, has been an upper school English teacher for twenty years and has served as both English teacher and dorm head at Milton Academy. Ms. Palmero earned both her B.A. in English and Film and her M.A. in English from Middlebury College.

Samantha Berk

Student

Samantha Berk is a senior in high school at Milton Academy where she sits on the student Self Governing Association and the Editorial Board of the Milton Paper, and is a co-head of the Jewish Student Union. She lived in London until she was 11 and currently participates in the Teen Advisory Committee of Boston Children's Hospital.

Sean Burns

Vice President, Disease Biology, Intellia Therapeutics

Dr. Sean Burns is Vice President of the Disease Biology team at Intellia Therapeutics, where he leads the company's efforts to identify novel in vivo applications of CRISPR genome editing to treat genetic disease. In addition, Sean is a practicing endocrinologist affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital and Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Before joining Intellia, Sean was a physician-scientist at Mass General and the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, and his M.D. with Honors from the New York University School of Medicine. He is a proud member of the Milton Academy Class of 1994.

Tanya Everett

Actor/Playwright

Tanya Everett, Milton ‘02, grew up in Quincy, and moved to New York to attend Columbia. She's thrilled to be revisiting Milton since she spoke last year on the Arts Alumni Panel for Reunion. She was a 2019-20 Playwrights Realm Fellow, and received her MFA for Playwriting from Brooklyn College. Her play, “A Dead Black Man,” was a Finalist for the Dramatist Guild Fellowship in 2019. “And The Gods Walk Among Us” was also named Semi-Finalist for the Princess Grace Award in 2019. Her short play "Thousand Miles," was nominated for a Drama League Award with the AFO Shorts Festival. She worked as a staff writer on the sci-fi show, Moonhaven on AMC+, and sold a pilot to MRC. She is represented by Tim Phillips of UTA, Dan Halstead of Manage-ment. She writes to provoke, excite, and heal.

Valerie Gu

Student

Valerie is a junior in high school from Shanghai, China. She goes to high school at Milton Academy where she leads Milton’s Mock Trial club, serves as a board member for Tang Club and Magus Mabus Art, and is a member of the USA Debate Team.