Spring 2002

Alina Leyte-Vidal, who lives in Miami, FL, writes that she enjoys going to Miami Dolphins and Miami Heat games, and that travel is another favorite pursuit. Married for 19 years, Alina has a daughter Melanie, 11, and a son Michael, 14. For 21 years, she has been the controller and property manager for a corporation in Miami Beach. Catherine Baumann Kropaczek, who lives in Fairfax, VA, describes her interests as, "watching children's sporting events and marching band performances, running Mom's taxi service, baking, sewing (sleeping when time permits!)." She and her husband, Ed, have been married for 16 years and have four children: Denise, 14; Michael,13; Stacey, 9; and Brian, 7. Catherine is a pre-school teacher's assistant working with two-year-olds. She also teaches a 4th grade CCD class. Joanne Augustino Carbotti writes that she and her husband, Mike, have been married for 14 years and have "a beautiful six-year-old son, Matthew." Joanne has worked as a seventh grade science teacher in Roselle Park Middles School for the past 17 years. Earlier, she taught at St. John's School in Orange. She notes that she and her husband and son, "enjoy traveling, visiting with friends, and just hanging out together." Joanne and her family live in Colonia. Lisa Bongiovanni writes that she and her husband Antonio Pasquali became the proud parents of a second son, Paolo, on August 6, 2001. Lisa, Antonio, Paolo and their older son, Alessio, live in Bayonne, NJ.