
She has served as a student leader, including as the Food Recovery Coordinator, in the Office for the Common Good and on the Inauguration Steering Committee. Her deep care has led her to serve as president of the Latinx club La Fuerza, vice president of the Student Diversity Board, a Belles Connect mentor, and both an Embody Theology Summer Institute mentor and ambassador. Our recipient is devoted to our community. She is a savvy communicator because communicating is a way of including and of ensuring that everyone has access to what they need to feel welcome and belong. Her authenticity and integrity are the foundation of her leadership. Fellow students describe her as a witness and a model, thoughtfully trying to live in right relationship with God, creation, neighbor, and self. In her words and in her actions, she proclaims the gospel of hope. These interests come together in her work to ensure equitable college access and success. With majors in psychology and environmental studies, she is attentive to both individual human persons and systems, structures, and communities. Her practices for connecting with God have led her from contemplation into community, fueled for service and work for justice. She is committed to spiritual practices that enable her to connect and listen to God. Today we honor a senior who we know by her faithfulness, leadership, generous service, broad welcome, and work for justice. It is presented each year to a member of the senior class who is an outstanding person of faith, someone who has excelled in leadership and who has had a deep and good effect on the Saint Mary’s community. The Lumen Christi Award is the highest award that Saint Mary’s College confers upon an undergraduate student.

Membership in the Diocese of Lafayette Lumen Christi Legacy Society is automatic for any parishioner who designates the diocese, a Catholic school or a church parish in their estate plans. By their final and faithful generosity, Lumen Christi members ensure that the light of Christ given to them at Baptism is preserved as a light for future generations of Catholics. Lumen Christi is Latin for “Light of Christ”. The Lumen Christi Legacy Society was established to recognize and thank supporters who have named this Diocese or a Catholic entity within the Diocese of Lafayette in their estate plans.



Centennial Campaign: Building Our Future Together.2018 Extraordinary Administration Policy 301.9.Clergy Abuse Disclosure List-Updated January 21,2022.
