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Help Build Our Photo
Archive!
Take a walk down memory lane
with your SFHS classmates at our
All-Alumnae Reunion in June.
We’d love to feature your keepsakes
and photos of your favorite moments at St. Francis. Scan photos
(at minimum 300dpi) and email
them to [email protected].
Please include approximate date,
details of the event, and names
of people in the photo to the extent possible. Add your personal
comments! Uniforms and other
keepsakes may be brought to the
school office, attention to:
Dawn Cullo
St. Francis High School
5900 Elvas Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95819
All items loaned will be returned to
you after the All-Alumnae Reunion.
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After graduating from St. Francis, Frances Wang ’10 attended
the University of Southern California and graduated Magna
Cum Laude with Phi Beta Kappa honors. After graduating from
USC Frances worked as a morning news reporter for KREM2
in Spokane. Frances’ favorite part of her job is getting to know
people she may not have met otherwise. She loves to tell stories
about the amazing things people do for their communities. In
October 2015, Frances returned to the Sacramento area to work
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Sarah Ainsworth ’12 became a member of the Sacramento
Kings Dance Team in June 2016. Sarah was on the Dance
Company at St. Francis and a co-captain her senior year.
Sarah said, “I would like to thank the Arts Department for all
their help because I would not be where I am today without
them.” 18
Olivia Godby ’12 founded the non-profit organization, The
Patience Project in 2015, two years after she made her first visit
to Ghana. The Patience Project is dedicated to helping persons
with disabilities in Ghana increase their independence by providing them with medical funding to improve their mobility.
This includes everything from physical therapy to equipment to
surgeries. The Project currently supports thirty children in the
Volta Region of Ghana and is ever expanding. Olivia recently
traveled back to Ghana in September 2016 to continue her
work. Read more about Olivia and The Patience Project in the
next issue of the Pax et Bonum Magazine in the spring. 19
Jayla Lee ’11 earned her degree in Communication Studies from
CSU Sacramento in 2015 and was hired by Public Affairs at
Sacramento State as their Communications Specialist. Her
job involves everything from writing news releases for the
University, photography, media relations, writing for Made at
Sac State Blog, interviewing students/staff/faculty for stories,
and social media. Jayla will begin pursuing her master’s degree
this fall at San Diego State University’s School of Journalism
and Media Studies. In addition, she will be teaching an undergraduate course on social media as a graduate instructor. Jayla’s Leah Pezzetti Horner ’13 is interning at KCRA 3 and had
mom, Naomi Lee, works in the SF Guidance Department as a the opportunity to interview Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Dwight
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Phillips, both track and field gold medalists. Leah will graduate
from Cal Poly in March of 2017. 20
Olivia Stevenson ’11 received her Master’s Degree in Theatre
from the prestigious Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.Olivia
was involved in SF Theatre for the four years she attended
SFHS. She was part of three Elly award-winning productions
and was nominated for multiple individual Elly awards. Mrs.
Watson, our Theatre Director, reached out to Olivia for an
update on her post-SFHS experience: “I’ve just completed my
graduate degree in acting with an MA Acting Classical and
Contemporary Texts at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
The course offered a variety of opportunities, which led me to
perform and work on Shakespeare’s Globe stage in London for
a month’s residency, devised ensemble based theatre, and new
writing with some of Scotland’s most beloved playwrights. I
now move to NYC to begin my acting career!” 17
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Bridie Carinci ’11 & Holly Siino ’13 are working together at CSU Sacramento’s Center for
College & Career Readiness. Although they
never knew each other during their years at St.
Francis, these Troubies met up years later to
mentor Sacramento State students and outreach
to local high schools about college readiness.
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