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Wednesday, February 2
YAA Series (2022-02-02)
Connor Pearl '17
After graduating from YHS in June 2017, Conner attended the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, where he graduated with a degree in Communication and a double minor in Music Industry and Marketing. During the summer of his Sophomore year, Conner interned at Reservoir Music Management as a creative sync licensing intern, helping place music for film and TV. Subsequently, Conner interned at Decibel Entertainment, an artist management company with major clients such as Ricky Reed. After college, Conner began working on the Amazon account at Initiative, an ad agency based in Los Angeles. He and his team are in charge of running all of Amazon’s ad campaigns on over 30 different video streaming services such as Hulu, Disney+, YouTube, and Peacock. Conner is also a passionate songwriter, and has released three singles, available on all streaming services. Although Conner is career-oriented professionally, his artist career is where his true passion lies, which he intends on continuing to pursue in the coming months.
Grace Mallett '14
Grace Mallett (Yarmouth High School ’14) completed her undergraduate education at Bowdoin College with a double major in Computer Science and Hispanic Studies. During the summer after her sophomore year, she worked for Girls Who Code, a nonprofit organization which aims to equip young women with technical skills to pursue education and careers in computer science. After this positive experience, Grace and several of her peers at Bowdoin helped start a local Girls Who Code club at Brunswick High School. The following summer, Grace worked for a tech startup in Boston where she discovered her passion for frontend web development. One of the highlights of Grace’s college experience was during the fall of her senior year when she attended the Grace Hopper Celebration, a conference that connects thousands of women technologists from across the globe. It was at Grace Hopper that Grace secured her full-time role after college as a frontend software engineer at The Walt Disney Company. In her role, Grace works on innovative features and solutions across various Disney branded websites, such as ESPN.com, ABCNews.com, and NationalGeographic.com. Currently, Grace’s focus is on features for Disney’s sports portfolio on ESPN.com.
Andrew Gabrielson ’10
Andrew Gabrielson is a Yarmouth based gardener and tree expert who is currently the owner/operator of Sticks & Stones Landscaping. His business focuses on designing and installing residential ornamental gardens in coastal Cumberland County. These projects have included planting trees, shrubs, and perennials, building stone walkways and patios, and creating outdoor spaces ie. Sculpture gardens. His love of garden design began in the current STEAM Room at Harrison Middle School during the “Dream Home” project which coincided with the discovery of Landscape Architecture as a career. After job-shadowing three Landscape designers for the YHS CEP, Andrew attended the Landscape Architecture department at University of Rhode Island. In order to be more local for family and get more hands-on experience, Andrew moved back to Maine, worked as a Nurseryman at Estabrook’s Nursery, and opened Sticks & Stones Landscaping. 2022 marks the 10th season for the business that has grown to support a 5-person seasonal crew and an office staff. Andrew is looking forward to bigger installation projects with new equipment in the coming year.
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