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Ali (Salaverria) Mejia ’90 follows her fashion dreams and scores with softness
by Matt Margini, Humanities Department Faculty

Student fundraisers at Ransom Everglades tend to take a few recognizable forms. Bake sales. Concessions at games. Car washes. When she was senior class president, Ali (Salaverria) Mejia ’90 organized something very different: a fashion show.

Walking by the United Colors of Benetton store that was then in the Mayfair in the Grove building, she wondered how much money she could raise for charity if the items on offer were vibrant, chunky crewnecks and corduroys from a trendy brand instead of aluminum foil-wrapped brownies.

List of 2 news stories.

  • Joe Mauro in his classroom, August 2025

    Forty Years and Counting

    J.P. Arrastía, English Faculty Member
    History and social sciences teacher Joe Mauro extends his legacy at the middle school

    The year was 1985. President Ronald Reagan was in his second term of office. Madonna reigned as the Queen of Pop on MTV. Teenagers showed off their latest piece of technology, the Sony Discman, while roller-skating down Miracle Mile. That same year, an enthusiastic and eager teacher, Joe Mauro, walked onto the Ransom Everglades campus for the first time.
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  • Erik Medina ’21 teaching at RE, September 2025

    Meet RE’s Youngest Teacher

    Sofia Andrade ’19
    Research phenom and Princeton valedictorian, Erik Medina ’21, returns to RE

    Erik Medina ’21 often joked with his high school friends that, one day, they would all “come back and take over Ransom Everglades.” They imagined that, in a few decades and with varied career successes already under their belt, they would return to old RE as triumphant alumni to teach and lead at their alma mater, as they had seen generations before them do.
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  • Why I Give Why I Give
    Shelly Stamler and her husband Cliff have shown tremendous dedication to Ransom Everglades

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