From a young age, science and healthcare always interested me. When it came to choosing high schools and classes, I knew Visitation would provide the competitive and comprehensive education I would need.

Alice Smith '95, who once sang with the Visitation Gospel Choir, is a professional musician based out of LA. She will release her third album this year (as yet unnamed) and will perform her hometown on Feb. 10 at The Kennedy Center.

"In general I'm a person that feels like if I do my best to be really honest and true, and my authentic self, and if I feel free in that and good about being that, than I feel like that's when you get a lot out of music."

St. Francis de Sales' words, "Be who you are and be that well" obliviously rang true for Alice.

When Moira Griffith '15, graduated from Visitation, she left something tangible behind on campus: The Remembrance Tree, a tree with ribbons tied to its branches representing people who have suffered from cancer. Next to the tree is a container of more ribbons, the different colors indicating the different kinds of cancer. Anyone is invited to add a ribbon to the tree to remember a loved one who has struggled with cancer.

The social justice that Visitation teaches can take many forms in a Visitation graduate. For Mary Gasperetti '74, a senior designer at the Holocaust Museum in D.C., working at the museum is not simply a job, it's also a mission.