Advocating for change all the way to Paris Fashion Week
Tiana Day

“It’s just a really inspiring environment. I knew that with my passion being multifaceted and wanting to be a changemaker and shake things up, being in a space with people who are like-minded to have those same kinds of goals was really important.”

Trailblazing pilot and flight instructor M’lis Ward is grateful for women who fought for Title IX
M’lis Ward is first Black woman to serve as both a flight instructor for the U.S. Air Force and as a captain flying for a commercial airline.

“I’m so grateful to all the women who really fought for Title IX because my life would have been so different. I hope it’s something that we always celebrate because it really did make such a huge difference for the women of my generation.”

President Biden appoints USC Professor Shaun Harper to National Board
Shaun Harper USC

“I accepted this important assignment because it is a consequential opportunity to help inform federal investments into high-impact, responsive, and rigorous research that actually does something to fix longstanding inequities that chronically disadvantage particular schools and long-underserved student populations.”

Aram and Arminé Chaparyan shared parallel experiences and now both are city managers in L.A. County
Aram and Arminé Chaparyan

“We got the highest level of education with the best professors at USC Price so we do all we can to support the university.”

Ada Limón is a poet laureate for the 21st century, exploring ‘what it looks like to have America in the room’
ada limon

“I’m really interested in what it looks like to have America in the room. And I think the face of America is often someone who is many things.”

Dorothy Wright Nelson went from dean of the USC Gould School of Law to judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Dorothy Wright Nelson

“I was greatly influenced by my immediate family. It was not a question of, ‘What are you going to do when you grow up?’ It was, ‘What are you going to be when you grow up and what are you going to do for the community?'”

Jack Tribolet’s leadership skills and devotion to duty as a U.S. Navy pilot have led him to the next chapter of his career as a USC grad student
Jack Tribolet

“I would compare flight school to earning a graduate degree. It is a challenging pursuit. You must be able to draw knowledge from paper, then apply it to working with your hands and implementing what you have learned.”

Divya Jeyasingh looks back on four years, two degrees and countless memorable experiences with the USC Helenes, Swim With Mike and other groups
Divya Jeyasingh

“The Trojan Family is very real. I have gotten to meet incredible students, staff and faculty, which has given me amazing friends and mentors. Everyone’s willingness to collaborate and passion surrounding their interests is contagious.”

JP Karliak launched Queer Vox to bring authenticity to a growing number of LGBTQ+ characters in animation and video games
JP Karliak

“I want to make sure that as people come through our digital doors, they are getting the training they’re looking for and the support they need as queer actors.”

USC student Lucy Westlake is the youngest American woman to summit Mount Everest
Lucy Westlake

“It was so surreaI. I was telling myself, ‘You did it. You did it. You did it.’ It’s not all about the summit. It’s really about the journey going up there, pushing yourself and doing the best you can.”