Class notes from the Winter 2020 issue of Marquette Magazine.
Births And Adoptions
Alexander Bartel, Arts ’14, and Alexandra Ponce de Leon, Nurs ’15
Alexander Bartel, Arts ’14, and Alexandra Ponce de Leon, Nurs ’15: daughter Solenne Isabella born Aug. 29, 2019. She is the couple’s first child. The family lives in Chicago. Published in Winter 2020
Weddings
Alexandra (Ponce De Leon) Ponce de Leon, Nurs ’15, and Alexander Bartel, Arts ’14
Alexandra (Ponce De Leon) Ponce de Leon, Nurs ’15, and Alexander Bartel, Arts ’14: wed on May 26, 2018, at Wayfarer’s Chapel in Palos Verdes, Calif. The couple lives in Chicago. Published in Winter 2020
Alumni Stories
Second act
After an advanced breast cancer diagnosis, she found another calling: saving other women from the same fate
Shelter from the storm
Neal Lofy’s caring police work is a model to better address and prevent human trafficking
Beyond reporting
Investigative reporter Marissa Evans documented how poverty, race, health economics and politics leave Texas women in peril — and followed up with more on fixing the problem
