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Found My Valentine at Rabun Gap: Pam (Sierra) Valestegui '01 and Jeff "Tommy" Valestegui '99

Pam (Sierra) Valestegui '01 and Jeff "Tommy" Valestegui '99 met in band class at Rabun Gap and have been happily married for 13 years.
Pam (Sierra) Valestegui '01 and Jeff "Tommy" Valestegui '99 met in September of 1998 during band class where they sat across from each other; Tommy, a senior, was first chair clarinet and Pam, a sophomore and faculty-kid, played the saxophone. After that class, Pam intentionally “bumped into” Tommy and soon after they became an official couple. During their time at Rabun Gap, Tommy often gave Pam origami folded, hand-written notes that he would sneak into her pockets or locker - Pam still has all of them! They had their first kiss on the Rabun Gap school bus. 

Tommy asked Pam to marry him while standing on the front hill during a visit back to campus in 2006. The couple has been married for 13 years and live in New York where Tommy is a financial consultant and Pam is the Dean of Academics at Green Vale School. Together they have two beautiful children - Nico, 6, and Bella, 4. 
 
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