How One Woman Is Promoting Cultural Renewal by Preventing Euthanasia and Encouraging Hope: GIVEN Alumna Amanda Achtman “In this way the undestroyed dignity and majesty of woman are expressed. She preserves the mystery of life, the power opposed to death.” – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Daughter Zion: Meditations on the Church’s Marian Belief As [...]
Location: Fargo, ND Job Title: Director of Mission Outreach Organization: Down Home Education: University of Mary Degree: Business Administration, BS, MBA Emily Kaiser, GIVEN '21 Please share a little about yourself - feel free to include a fun fact! I grew up in Moorhead, MN and graduated from the University of Mary with both my Bachelors [...]
Location: Tulsa, OK Job Title: Artist & Business Owner Organization: Tara Wright Studio Education: University of Oklahoma Degree: Bachelor of Journalism, Advertising Tara Wright, GIVEN '16 Please share a little about yourself - feel free to include a fun fact! Hi! I'm Tara. I'm an artist, illustrator, small business owner, and award-winning writer and creator. More [...]
Location: New York, NY Job Title: Director of Formation Organization: Seton Teaching Fellows Education: University of Maryland-College Park Degree: Chemical Engineering Emilia Tanu Chornay, GIVEN '19 Please share a little about yourself - feel free to include a fun fact! I am a wife and mother of two young children, living and working in NYC. I [...]
Location: Los Angeles, CA Job Title: Stunt Actress Organization: Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) Education: Cal-State University Northridge, Loyola Marymount University Degree: BA Journalism, minor in Spanish Language Journalism; MA Counseling Psychology Brenda Garcia, GIVEN '21 Please share a little about yourself - feel free to include a fun [...]
Location: Dallas, TX Job Title: Change Practitioner Organization: Avanade Inc. Education: La Universidad del Tec de Monterrey Degree: Innovation and Development Engineering Beatriz Freymann, GIVEN '21 Please share a little about yourself - feel free to include a fun fact! I’m a coffee and nature lover, I feel very close to the Lord when I’m [...]
Location: Visalia, CA Job Title: Systems Analyst Education: Fresno Pacific University Degree: M.A. in Strategic and Organizational Leadership Samantha Luna, GIVEN '22 Please share a little about yourself - feel free to include a fun fact! I’m a Bay Area born and Central Valley raised first-generation cradle Catholic daughter. I enjoy soaking in my productive creativity [...]
Location: Boston, MA Job Title: Publicist Organization: Beacon Press Education: Florida Southern College (BA) & Emerson College (MA) Degree: Bachelor of Arts in English Writing, minor in Vocal Performance, Master of Arts in Publishing and Writing Perpetua Charles, GIVEN '22 Please share a little about yourself - feel free to include a fun fact! When I [...]
Location: Charlotte, NC Job Title: Clinical Research Coordinator Education: University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy Degree: Bachelor of Science Nnemka Nwajiaku, GIVEN '22 Please share a little about yourself - feel free to include a fun fact! I am a Nigerian American born and raised in South Carolina. I love talking walks, coffee, music, fashion, [...]
As I entered the campus of the Catholic University of America for the 2021 GIVEN forum, I was filled with excitement. The place was buzzing with conversation as young women picked up their name tags and room keys, disorientedly but joyfully familiarizing themselves with what would be their home for the next five days. And I could feel from that joy that I was entering into something truly beautiful, something possibly, hopefully, transformative.
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