An Open Letter to Spencer Pratt and Trisha Paytas Dear Spencer and Trisha, In December 2025, at the age of 39, I graduated with a Master of Liberal Arts from Johns Hopkins University. In my final capstone course, each student was catalyzed by some trauma—a personal rupture that drove them back to school not only to make sense of what had happened, but also to explore how to make life better for others. A fellow student grappling with the rupture of Jewish identity situated her story within the h