Each year, the Academy of Our Lady of Peace honors an alumna who has distinguished herself as
a woman of the CSJ tradition:
A woman of Heart, a woman of Faith, a woman of Courage, and a woman of Excellence
Father Greg Boyle says, “Schools are not places we go to, they are the places we go from.” For our alumna of the year, OLP is not just the place she went to; it is the place she would go from.
2023 Alumna of the Year
2023 Alumna of the Year Rachel (Murguia) Wong '56
On September 29th, 2023 we had the pleasure of recognizing
Rachel (Murguia) Wong '56 as the 2023 OLP Alumna of the Year!
Rachel joins a prestigious list of recipients of the
Sr. Claire Patrice Fitzgerald '56 Alumna of the Year Award. Thank you to Diane Curiel ‘72 for serving as Alumna of the Year 2022!
Past Alumna of the Year Recipients
- 2022: Diane (Ursich) Curiel '72
- 2021: Sonia Maciejewski ‘06
- 2020: Carla da Luz Boren '87 & Paola Avila '93
- 2019: Nina Sciuto-Morales '76
- 2018: Mary Caratan Sloper '58
- 2017: Jeanette (Prantil) Handelsman '64
- 2016: Sr. Virginia Rodee '53, RSCJ
- 2015: Amy (McKinney) Potter '02, Rachel McKinney '04 & Sara McKinney '07
- 2014: Margaret Wiedower '68
- 2013: Marguerite “Terry” Sorgi Camarata '77
- 2012: Martha Spiers Lepore '59
- 2011: Patricia Dougan Shinsky '57
- 2010: Silvia Fimbres de Ruiz '74
- 2009: Ruth Davis '69
- 2008: Alison Priske Adema '82
- 2006: Elizabeth Meza Huch '51
- 2007: Christine Haddad '69
- 2005: Kathleen Howard Thompson '75
- 2004: Marcella Kreizinger '27
- 2003: Sr. Kathleen Martin '44
- 2002: Nancy Ryan '58
- 2001: Kathleen Manzer McKaveney '83
- 2000: Karene Lemke Evenson '56
- 1999: Sr. Dolores Marie Gill '45
- 1998: Eve Ryan '46
- 1997: Beverlee Cendali '61
- 1996: Cecelia Shaw Thie '22
- 1995: Lisa Guy-Schall '70
- 1994: Sandra Qualiato Brue '62
- 1993: Barbara Harrison '68
- 1992: Ann Navarra '63
- 1991: Sr. St. Bernard Johnson '31
- 1990: Judi Putnam '66 & Winfrey Willier Welch '36
- 1989: Gladys Wilson Impastato '41
- 1988: Elisa Luna Sanchez '50
- 1987: Rosalie Bianchi Wisniew '63
- 1986: June Wilcox Bassett '36
Want to nominate a deserving alumna for 2024?
Shoot us an email at [email protected] with the nominee’s name and the reason why you believe she should be Alumna of the Year.