FALL 2025 Ransom Everglades LOG 3 persistence have made Eberjey one of the most successful sleepwear brands in the world, and you can read her story of softness on page 6. History and social sciences teacher Joe Mauro, meanwhile, has helped put generations of RE students on the path to success, launching them with a welcoming and encouraging classroom environment (see the story on page 12). Erik Medina ’21 illustrates how quickly RE alumni can leave their mark on the world; at Princeton University, his professors were so awed by his classroom work and research into the significant problem of upcycling plastics that he was named valedictorian last spring – an extraordinary honor. We are thrilled that he chose to come to RE as a chemistry teacher in 2025-26 before entering a PhD program next fall; read more in the story on page 18 by Sofia Andrade ’19 – another impressive young alum. Annie Lord ’97 never lost her desire to help mend the inequality she saw first-hand growing up in Coconut Grove, so after graduating from Harvard and exploring various career paths she jumped at the opportunity to make a lasting impact at Miami Homes for All. Her efforts to curb housing inequality in Miami earned her the Founders’ Award for Distinguished Service to the Community this past spring, and you can read more about her dreams for a more equitable society in a story by Victoria Beatty ’00, an education consultant to Ransom Everglades. Learn how Roxi Vadia Morgenstern ’75 and Cheyenne Range ’14 are separated by generations but united in service to RE; they shared this past year’s Head of School’s Award for Distinguished Service to the School (page 40), and find out more about another record-setting year of giving to The Fund for RE in the 2024-25 Report of Giving on page 45. The school raised $5.6 million to ensure that students have everything they need to live out our core values. In our “From the Archives” department at the end of this magazine, you will be reminded that Everglades founders Marie and Ed Swenson aspired to create a school that would not only provide a superior education to their daughter and her friends, but would also make a “lasting contribution to the Florida educational landscape.” As this magazine makes clear, that impact continues, and it is REsounding. Rachel Rodriguez Head of School Our great school is a testament to what dreaming big can accomplish, and this magazine aims to highlight some of our most ambitious dREamers.” “
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