By Veronika Golova

MFA Design is celebrating 25 years, so we gathered some alumni for a Valentine’s Day brunch. Yifat Anzelevich ‘02, Deborah Adler ‘02, Laura Gunther ‘03, Rohan Rege ‘21, Wiebke Meyer-Lüters ‘23, Doga Bircan ‘24, Nigel Sielegar ‘09, Alex Cho ’00, and Juan Diego Soto ‘06 got together with Lita Talarico and Veronika Golova to catch up and connect. The group spans the full 25 years of MFA Design graduates and many of them were meeting for the first time. Yifat Anzelevich was visiting from Israel and it quickly became apparent how global the MFA Design family is. Around the table, we represented Israel, India, Germany, Turkey, Indonesia, China, Venezuela, Canada, and the Czech Republic. 

Turns out that the world is small and we have much in common. Some of them live in the same New York neighborhoods and never knew it, and some of their children even attend the same school! It was a triumph in forging bridges across 25 years and bringing the community together. 

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