“Something unique to St. Mary’s, I think, is how it prepares girls to be successful. All my college friends are now successful in what they do. And that’s everything: doctor, stay-at-home-mom, lawyer, teacher, engineer. We had an atmosphere that not many other schools have: the classrooms are independent of that extra factor of boys. So in the classroom, we could focus on community and education, but being close to Notre Dame, we could still make friends who were boys.

“I’m proud to say I went to St. Mary’s. When I applied to colleges, I was accepted to Notre Dame, too, and I never, ever, ever, ever regretted not going to Notre Dame, that I chose St. Mary’s. As much as I do love Notre Dame. I have huge respect for it—my father, my friends went to Notre Dame, and I love being there. But I never once thought I made the wrong decision.”