Meet Our Alumnae
Saint Mary’s women are amazing! They’re articulate, smart, and driven. They lean in to their passions with care and compassion, and face difficult endeavors with strong critical-thinking skills. The world sees them as well-rounded women who lead with empathy and integrity. We see them as Belles — strong symbols of what Saint Mary’s stands for and incredible examples of how we prepare our students to discover themselves and their place in the world.
Browse this small selection of our incredible alumnae to see what path they took here at Saint Mary’s as well as how they put their minds and hearts to work in the world.
After graduation, I plan to take the NCLEX and start my career as a pediatric intensive care unit nurse at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta in August!
Mary Elizabeth Westenberger ’’26
Nursing
Following graduation I’ll be attending Baylor University in the fall to pursue a master’s degree in speech-language pathology!
Mikaela Molinaro ’’26
Speech Language Pathology
Remember to enjoy the moment.
Emily Nixon ’’26
Biology
The final moments leading up to graduation will be bittersweet, defined by the stark realization that you are about to leave behind everything you have grown to love and care for, all that has become familiar. It might even feel as though, by leaving, you are abandoning a part of yourself as well. Though the thought may be scary, it is also a beautiful testament to having connected with this chapter of your life so deeply that it forever lives on in you. To have experienced something so wonderful that moving on becomes grief is not sadness alone, but proof of how fortunate you were to have experienced it at all. Carry that with you, and take comfort in having found something worth grieving, because it means you are capable of finding it again.
Melany Morales-Garibay ’’26
Computing & Applied Mathematics
May your troubles be less, your blessings be more, and nothing but happiness come through your door.
Summer Paige Keller ’’26
Communication Studies
Even if it takes you some time to settle in, I can guarantee there is a place for you at Saint Mary's! It might take a little while and it might be in the places you least expect, but there is a community that is meant for you on this campus.
Mary Claire O'Connell ’’26
Gender and Women's Studies, Philosophy, Political Science
I am going to be staying at Saint Marys to finish my masters degree!
Danielle Kraft ’’26
Speech Language Pathology
Do something you love and something you want to spend the rest of your life learning how to do better.
Annika Grace Kintzel ’’26
Social Work
Will be continuing my education at Ball State University in the Audiology Doctoral Program
Mackenzie Grace Althouse ’’26
Speech Language Pathology
I will be a 4th/5th Grade Religion Teacher at Saint Isaac Jogues in Hinsdale, Illinois!
Catherine Stephens ’’26
Elementary Education
becoming a Pediatric nurse
Haley Anne Sirotek ’’26
Nursing
Attending Purdue University Fort Wayne for a Master’s of Science degree in Speech Language Pathology.
Ellen Hartzog ’’26
Speech Language Pathology