<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/magazine/spring-2005/sands-westmont.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>The Sands of Westmont</title><excerpt>On career day in the second grade, Erika Sands McKinney ’99 wore a Westmont sweatshirt and announced that she hoped to attend the college one day and become a teacher. Both dreams came true.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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