Cofounder and CTO of Poplar Homes Rico Mok ’15 was named the San Francisco Bay Area’s Best Tech Manager in the coveted Timmy Awards. Rico Mok, Greg Toschi, and Chuck Hattemer founded Poplar Homes in 2014 in response to the growing housing crisis. Today the company provides property management services to more than 14,000 doors […]

Doug Wilson MBA ’15 will be leaving the San Jose Sharks after recently completing his tenth season with the club. Wilson began with the Sharks as an analyst in 2012, working in hockey operations and scouting while completing his MBA. In 2016, he was promoted to Director of Hockey Operations, a title he held before […]

Julia Kraus ’15 and fiancé Matthew Smallwood are planning on getting married in October 2022. 

After five years in NYC, Emily Collins ’15 relocated to her hometown of Dallas, Texas, last fall when her company began working from home. Since then, she has accepted a position with real estate investment bank Eastdil Secured in their Dallas office and looks forward to connecting with Broncos in the area.

Just Send the Text: An Expert’s Guide to Letting Go of the Stress and Anxiety of Modern Dating, the first book by dating expert Candice Jalili ’15, will be out Feb. 2, 2021 from Tiller Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

Monica Browner ’15 was welcomed to Downey Brand, a prominent law firm with offices in Sacramento, San Francisco, Stockton, and Reno. She was a summer associate at the firm in 2018 and recently passed the California Bar Exam. Monica is a member of the firm’s well regarded environmental law practice, where she delivers strong legal […]

Eric Stackpole M.S. ’15 and business partner David Lang have combined their company, OpenROV, which builds robots for ocean exploration, with a startup that makes solar-powered buoys to transmit data from anywhere in the ocean. This new business is SoFar Ocean Technologies, which makes tracking ocean conditions and observing marine life easier and cheaper.

Gabe Ballard J.D. ’15 is director of legal and business development at Crowdz, a Silicon Valley–based startup.

Mary Pink ’13, M.A. ’15 has been crowned Miss Vietnam California 2019 at the annual pageant held at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Jan. 26, 2019. As a child, Pink attended Silver Oak Elementary in San Jose, where she now teaches a first grade/second grade combo class. She has a Bachelor of Science in both […]

Amia Nash ’15 was crowned Miss Silicon Valley 2018 after competing in and winning her Miss America Organization debut. At SCU, she majored in public health and minored in biology, sociology, and religious studies. Nash was a Division I track and cross-country athlete, Associated Student Government class senator, and Arrupe intern at the Ignatian Center […]

JP Allport ’15 writes, "Currently a support engineer, MultiTouch Ltd."

Katie Franceschini ’15 graduated with her Master of Arts in occupational therapy from the University of Southern California (USC ’17). She is returning to the South Bay to pursue a career in pediatric occupational therapy with a strong interest in pediatric mental health. 

Christian Mora-Castrellon J.D. ’15 works in legislation as a congressional staffer for the office of U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren J.D. ’75. As a graduate student, she spent a spring break in Puerto Rico investigating health and environmental concerns left behind by the U.S. Navy. Together with a small group of students for the International Human Rights Clinic, she produced […]

Dominic S. Irudayaraj, S.J., STL ’12, STD ’15 is a senior lecturer and senior research fellow teaching biblical courses in Hekima University College, Nairobi. He is a Jesuit priest of Andhra Province, India, and writes that he’s “glad to be in this green city (Nairobi) with its passion for the Bible—both in class and in […]

Martin O. Silva, S.J. M.Div. ’15 is one of 28 Jesuits ordained into priesthood this summer by the Society of Jesus, the largest order of priests and brothers in the Roman Catholic Church. Silva, 53, was born and raised in Manila, Philippines. He received an MBA from Pepperdine University. Missioned to the Jesuit School of Theology, he […]

Julian A. Climaco, S.J. M.Div. ’15 is one of 28 Jesuits ordained into priesthood this summer by the Society of Jesus, the largest order of priests and brothers in the Roman Catholic Church. Climaco, 40, was born in Cebu, Philippines, and lived there until he was 10, when his family immigrated to Los Angeles. While earning […]

Brad Milliken M.A. ’15 writes: “As we transition from being fellow graduate students to being professional colleagues, I look forward to keeping in touch as we become licensed therapists. The growth that started in the CPSY program at SCU continues as we gain clinical experience.”

Lukas M. Laniauskas, S.J. M.Div. ’15 is one of 28 Jesuits ordained into priesthood this summer by the Society of Jesus, the largest order of priests and brothers in the Roman Catholic Church. Lukas, 31, grew up in a Lithuanian-American family in Cleveland, where he attended Catholic schools, which proved to be formative in his own vocation. […]

Sarah Mirza J.D. ’15 is an associate in Patent Group at Fenwick & West. While at the School of Law, she was the winner of the annual Jan Jancin Award for top intellectual-property law student in the nation. The award is given by the American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation of the American Intellectual Property Law Association. […]

Erica Riel-Carden J.D. ’15 provides advisory services on AgTech & FoodTech opportunities both in the startup market and public sector. Her experiences range from farm supervision to commercialization of Ag and Food technologies. Her technical background includes law, horticulture, floriculture, and laboratory benchwork. Erica has prepared companies for regulatory compliance, intellectual property licensing transactions, financing transactions, due […]