Class of 2018
![]() William Keeton credits the mentors and faculty at Dugoni for helping him discover his passion. |
![]() The journey for Cynthia Wade '18 to earn her bachelor's degree at Pacific was longer than most, but now she can "dream something big." |
![]() Kelly Nguyen '18 was advised by her father, before he passed away, to attend Pacific's Dugoni School of Dentistry. Her graduation on Father's Day will be especially meaningful as she remembers him and his wishes for her. |
![]() The college experience for José Ruvalcaba '18 began later than most, but that didn't stop him from pursuing his dream. |
![]() Business major Cassie Findlay '18 landed a role as an operations management intern with Big Machine Label Group in Nashville, Tennessee. |
![]() Ashley Baxter's road to graduation has been marked by financial challenges, periods of homelessness and a battle with dyslexia, but it is not one she has had to travel alone. |
![]() Meet John Livingstone, a student at Pacific's Eberhardt School of Business who is well on his way to making a difference in the world. |
![]() My Tien Doan, a student at Pacific's McGeorge School of Law, discovered her purpose through anger and frustration-with discrimination, inequality, stereotypes and her inability as a young child to help her immigrant parents. |
![]() Public relations professional, ice cream entrepreneur, youth mentor - these are just some of Allison Yochim's pursuits before finding her true calling in dental hygiene. |
![]() Ashley Pham has found her purpose as a high school English teacher. She said she's been inspired by the teachers she's had and appreciates educators who are passionate about seeing their students succeed. |
![]() Madeleine Guekguezian's journey at Pacific offered her not only the opportunity to pursue a degree in music-and to find a new love in the alto trombone-but also to understand what passion and focus combined with the rigors of scholarship can truly offer. |
![]() Attending college was a lifelong dream for Nasser Saleh. As the son of Lebanese immigrants, he would be the first in his family to get a college education. |
![]() When it came to choosing mechanical engineering as a major, Marielle Cortez thought about how the environment she grew up in had influenced her personality and interests. |
![]() Juanitas is not your "traditional" Pacific student. She is a working mother of three who decided to make her education a priority. |
![]() Twin sisters and graduates of Pacific's doctor of pharmacy program will add one more shared experience to their long list of milestones. |
![]() Eric Orosco's time at Pacific has been a whirlwind of exploration in literature, poetry, film and theater. |