The Vector - Summer 2019

Summer 2019

FOR THE MOREAU CATHOLIC COMMUNITY

College Acceptances for the Class of 2019 Our 234 graduating Mariners earned 1,117 acceptances to public and private universities and colleges nationwide!

Arizona State University • ArtCenter College of Design • Baylor University • California Baptist University • California Institute of the Arts • California Lutheran University • California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo • California State Polytechnic University - Pomona • CSU East Bay • CSU Fullerton • CSU Long Beach • CSU Monterey Bay • CSU Sacramento • Chabot College • Chapman University • Citrus College • College of San Mateo • DePaul University • DigiPen Institute of Technology • Dixie State University • Dominican University of California • Emerson College • Fashion Institute of Technology • Foothill College • Hawaii Pacific University • Holy Names University • Kennesaw State University • Laney College • Las Positas College • Loyola Marymount University • Loyola University New Orleans • Michigan State University • Morehouse College • New York University • Northeastern University • Northern Arizona University • Occidental College • Ohlone College • Purdue University • Regis University • Rhode Island School of Design • Rochester Institute of Technology • Rutgers University - New Brunswick • Sacramento City College • Saint Mary’s College of California • San Diego State University • San Francisco State University • San Jose State University • Santa Clara University • Santa Monica College • Seattle University • Sonoma State University • St. Edward’s University • St. John’s University • St. Mary’s University of San Antonio • Stony Brook University • Texas A&M University • The American University of Paris • The University of Arizona • Trinity College • United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School • United States Naval Academy • UC Berkeley • UC Davis • UC Irvine • UC Los Angeles • UC Riverside • UC San Diego • UC Santa Cruz • University of Connecticut • University of Dallas • University of Hawaii at Manoa • University of Kansas • University of Michigan • University of Nevada, Las Vegas • University of Nevada, Reno • University of Oregon • University of Pennsylvania • University of Portland • University of San Diego • University of San Francisco • University of the Pacific • University of Washington • University of Wisconsin, Madison • Weber State University • Woodbury University

On the Cover Camille Johnson ’19 radiates excitement during the 51st commencement ceremony. She signed to play basketball at Sonoma State University. Turn to page 36 to read more.

FOR THE MOREAU CATHOLIC COMMUNITY

PRESIDENT Mr. Terry Lee PRINCIPAL Dr. Elizabeth Guneratne EDITOR Elizabeth (Morales) Zepeda ’03 DESIGN Timothy Chaparro CONTRIBUTORS Katrina Aguirre ’17 Obinna Anyanwu ’19 Timothy Chaparro Diana (Straggas) DeFrance ’76 Erica Escalante Dr. Elizabeth Guneratne Enrique Henriquez Douglas Hupke Michael Tobler Elizabeth (Morales) Zepeda ’03 PHOTOGRAPHY Timothy Chaparro Renkang (Ken) Chen ’19 Sergio Estrada Austin Kainoa Lee ’20 Still Light Studios BOARD OF TRUSTEES Rick L’Heureux, Chair Quang Trinh ’88, Vice Chair Br. Donald Blauvelt, CSC Dr. Elizabeth Guneratne Darlene Hayes Barbara Hemenez Maritza Ilario Terry Lee Dennis Mastrantonio ’71 Jan Miller Dr. Dorothy McCrea Lois Quilalang Elvia Quiroga Fr. Ken Sales Barry Slivinsky

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FEATURES

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MOMENTS THAT MAKE MEMORIES

GOING GLOBAL

MOREAU’S 51ST COMMENCEMENT

HUEMAN ELEMENT

234 graduates join our vast alumni community

How Allison (Torneros) Tinati ’04 became Hueman

Conversation with our 2019 graduation speakers

Mariners travel internationally and reflect on their experiences

Also in this

ISSUE Letter from the President

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2019 John A. Raimondi Volunteer Award

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Looking Back, Moving Forward

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Not All Heroes Wear Capes

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Journey to Eagle

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Athletic Year in Review

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Holy Cross Educators of the Year

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Spring Signings

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Baccalaureate Mass & Reception

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Visual & Performing Arts

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Class of 2019: Pride and Passion

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37th Annual Moreau Golf Classic

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Evening of Excellence & Academic Assembly

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Alumni Reunion Calendar

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OUR MISSION

Moreau Catholic High School is dedicated to the legacy and values of the Congregation of Holy Cross and its founder Blessed Basil Moreau. We are a college-preparatory school committed to outstanding achievement.

As a community of faith, we prepare our students through academic, social and spiritual learning experiences that form and transform them as they become responsible citizens of our global community.

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CONGRATULATIONS GRADS! Dear Mariners, Another school year has ended, another wonderful group of young women and men have crossed the stage of the Paramount Theatre, diploma in hand, hearts filled with hope and pride, and another Graduation issue of The Vector is in your hands for you to share in the graduates’ joys, hopes, and dreams.

We are very proud of the Class of 2019—a unique mixture of talent in the classroom, on the athletic fields and courts, on the stage, in ministry and service, and dedicated to life-long learning, devotion to family, and proud Mariners for life. We wish them every bit of success and excitement on their journey through college and in life, from everyone at Moreau Catholic!

In the upcoming school year, all Holy Cross schools will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Brothers of Holy Cross. Fr, Jacques Dujarié, a priest of the Diocese of LeMans, France, was asked to assemble a group of teaching brothers to serve in parishes, so he founded the Brothers of St. Joseph in 1820. The Brothers grew quickly, as many pastors sought their assistance. Fr. Dujarié sought to assemble a group of diocesan priests to work with the young Brothers and give cohesion to this new structure. By then, his health was failing, so Fr. Dujarié, with the bishop’s consent, selected Fr. Basil Moreau to continue his work. Fr. Moreau moved the Brothers to SainteCroix, a neighborhood of Le Mans, in 1835. Two years later, in the Fundamental Act of Union, the Brothers of St. Joseph were formally united with Fr. Moreau’s group of auxiliary priests, thus creating the Congregation of Holy Cross. In 1965, the Brothers of Holy Cross came to Hayward and founded and staffed Moreau High School for Boys. As we celebrate this historic milestone, we will share more with you about this anniversary throughout the school year.

In addition, we honor the legacy of Brother Gary Stone, CSC, who passed away 40 years ago, at the age of 39. Many alumni from 1970-1982 will remember Br. Gary as a teacher, administrator, mentor, friend, occasional umpire, and dedicated Holy Cross Brother. We will honor his legacy this upcoming school year in several ways. Initially, we are transforming our Learning Center into the new Brother Gary Stone, CSC Academic Support Center.

This facility is inspired by Brother Gary’s mission to help all students flourish, learn, grow, and transform. We are currently reaching out to alumni who knew Brother Gary to support this project with a gift in his memory. If you are interested in learning more about this project, please contact me at school.

Thank you for all you do for Moreau Catholic, and I wish you all a pleasant summer and hope to see you on campus next fall!

Warm regards,

Terry Lee President

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Graduates share reflections on their Moreau Catholic experience and offer words of advice to younger Mariners.

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Kailani Smith

College attending: San Diego State University

“When I entered Moreau, my biggest concern was to make as many friends as possible, make sure everyone loves me, and be the best at everything. As I’m leaving, I realize that none of that matters...at all. I don’t need to please everyone around me and it’s okay if I’m not number one. It’s important to put your needs and your mental health first; it’s worth way more than your GPA or SAT score. Trust me, just put your faith in God, literally let Jesus take the wheel, and you will be okay.”

Sofia Gonzalez

College attending: University of California, Los Angeles “What I have enjoyed most about Moreau is the diversity of class offerings. During my time at Moreau, I was able to take amazing classes such as Communications: Speech and Debate, American Law and Justice, Film Appreciation, Mass Media, and Social Justice. These classes helped me realize not only things about myself, but changed my outlook on life. ”

John Aguirre

College attending: Ohlone with plans to transfer to a Southern California school to major in dance “Test the waters, get your feet wet. It’s ok if you’re scared.

Don’t be like me and be a chicken about it. That’s the only thing I regret, that decision of not owning up to being that one guy in a [dance] class full of girls. It’s bound to happen sooner or later, but I didn’t know the opportunities I could have gotten with that.”

Ben Shur

College attending: University of San Francisco “The best advice I can give to any Mariner, or any high schooler really is this: Don’t live your high school career choosing classes and sports based on what will best decorate your college applications. Do what you love. Do things that are far outside of your comfort zone. Do things with your classmates. Push yourself. Be with the people you love. Be safe. Be smart. Be you. If you don’t know who you are by the time you get to high school, that’s completely okay. I’m graduating, and I still don’t know. We have the rest of our lives to figure that out. Times will be rough.

It’s normal. Life would be boring without challenge. So work hard and have fun, but not too much fun. Trust me, as important as your future is, take time to enjoy every present moment. Take risks. Take advantage of every opportunity placed in your path.

So go out to that dance (even if ‘your friends aren’t going’). Cheer at the badminton match. Join Mock Trial. Live your four years to the fullest, so by the time you don your cap and gown, you are fortunate enough to say, ‘I enjoyed high school.’ Thank you Moreau, for the most unforgettable four years of my life.”

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Aiden Dinglé

College attending: St. Mary’s University, San Antonio “The thing that I enjoyed the most about my time at Moreau has to be working with the teachers. The teachers are so friendly and are always there to help you out when you need it. A teacher that I’m glad that I met here has to be Mr. Gongwer. He has made my time here very interesting and has pushed me to pursue what I want to do in college.”

Hailey Aquino

College attending: Chabot with hopes to transfer to Cal Arts

“Freshman year I was definitely very eager and ambitious and I signed up for everything that I could and I was involved in so many different things. I enjoyed a lot of those things and there were some of those things that I didn’t continue to do, like I did student government. I only did it that first year, I didn’t run again, but I enjoyed the time I was in it. So I would say, when you first go into high school, you don’t have to know right off the bat the things you want to be involved in. You can try different things

the first year and if you don’t like it, then you have no obligation to carry on with it. But if you do like it or you try something that you weren’t planning on doing, you could find a community that you could build a family in, and an activity that you really enjoy doing. Like theater! I had never even thought about working on crew, ever, and I got into high school and started it, and that’s probably been my favorite part of my high school experience, everything I’ve gotten to do, and people I’ve gotten to work with.”

Ken Chen

College attending: University of Washington, College of Engineering “People change, so give them a second chance to be your friend. They’ll do the same for you.

Thank those who lift you up, for they have given you purpose. Thank those who have beaten you down, for they have made you stronger.

Find someone and something to love because your heart will get bored when all that has nowhere to go.

Nobody has the responsibility to be nice to you, so always be grateful for those who are.”

Nathalie Sandoval

College attending: Dominican University, four-year nursing program with trustee scholarship “I most enjoyed the lifelong friendships I have made with my peers and teachers. The teachers at Moreau not only care for you to further your education but also for you individually as a person. Teachers like Mr. Wilder and Ms. Patterson, and the community within the Campus Ministry Team especially helped me throughout the years in figuring out my future, helping me through stressful times, and celebrating my accomplishments. The community at Moreau has truly felt like a family for me, and has been my best support system.”

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Moments that Make Memories The Vector sat down with the class of 2019 Valedictorian and Salutatorian, Ryan Sathianathen and Evan Mao. They reflected on their time at Moreau Catholic and their hopes for the messages they gave to their class. Below are excerpts from the conversation. Responses have been edited for clarity and length.

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Ryan Sathianaten and Evan Mao were selected as the class of 2019’s valedictorian and salutatorian, respectfully. These graduation speakers are chosen through an application, interview, and audition process. The salutatorian is chosen to reflect on the past, while the valedictorian is asked to share words of encouragement for the future.

I want it to be something my classmates would remember. And also something that’s different. We talk a lot about the future [in school], so I want my speech to be something my classmates haven’t heard before. Just a new lesson they can apply in their future lives that would help them out, help them to progress in whatever they have in their future.

Both young men were involved in many aspects of Mariner life. Sathianathen was on several athletic teams, including cross country, track and field, and tennis. He was a speaker at TEDxMoreauCatholicHS and president of the French hiking club. Mao was a member of the band, student government, and the football and volleyball teams. He was also the co-host of the 2018 TEDx event.

I just want to say that you can’t plan out everything in your future. Everyone wants to plan out their future, but if you try to plan out your entire future life, you’re going to be closing yourself off to any other opportunities that may come up along the way that

This fall, Sathianathen will be attending the University of Pennsylvania where he will pursue a career as a pediatric oncologist, a path that was inspired by his own battle with cancer. Mao will head to Austin, Texas to attend St. Edward’s University on a Moreau scholarship, which is awarded to one student from each Holy Cross high school.

What motivated you to speak at graduation?

Ryan Sathianaten: When my older brother graduated, I got to hear the salutatorian and valedictorian at his graduation and their speeches were amazing. I specifically remember the salutatorian was Harry Zhang ’16. He had singing in his speech and it was so good! I was like, ‘Wow that would be really cool if I were able to do that senior year.’ That was one of the big things that motivated me to try for valedictorian.

Evan Mao: Kind of piggybacking off what Ryan said, being part of the band program, we perform at graduation every year, so sitting in the pit, looking right at the salutatorian or valedictorian every year, watching them speak. It’s cool to see some of my old friends or fellow classmates command a stage as big as the Paramount. And they say what they want to say to their class. For me, it wasn’t really the recognition. I feel like I’ve done a lot here at Moreau. I really fell in love with this place; it’s been my second home. I think that as salutatorian, it’s my swan song. I can say what I want to say to the classmates I’ve known for the past four years and make sure they know I’m going to miss all of them and I had a really good time with all of them.

What is your goal for what you ultimately say to your classmates?

RS: My speech is supposed to be about the future.

you could never expect. I started high school off with a pretty clear plan, then being diagnosed with cancer kind of messed up the whole plan. I learned to adapt. Missing almost an entire year of school helped me to realize that there’s so many different opportunities, so many different paths to get to one way. There’s not one road to get to the end. And there’s so many different things that you can do that you won’t realize are available if you don’t open yourself up to everything. If you just stay focused on finishing just one thing, you’re never going to realize how many great things there are.

EM: I’m reflecting over the course of the last four years. My goal is to really remind everyone of everything that we’ve gone through over four years. This class especially, we went through a lot of different things, whether it was the walkouts, the

moreaucatholic.org [Parkland] shootings, the change in administration, change in the cafeteria. We had so many different changes and different things that we went through. My goal is a reminder that we did a lot in four years. Really remember what you did freshman year, who were your friends freshman year, who are your friends now, how have things changed, how much everyone’s grown and matured.

To truly remember what high school was, what high school is, and to be grateful for the experiences that we had.

What in particular stands out to you and had a strong impact on you during your time at Moreau?

RS: All the teachers and staff at Moreau are always willing to help me, especially when I’ve missed so much of school. My teachers were always able to contact me out of school time and send me my work. If I need extra help, they’ll help me out, especially when I was in the hospital. Every week I’d get emails from my teachers saying, ‘Ok, this is what you need to do. I can give you extra time on your school work if you need it.’ Everyone at Moreau is willing...yes they want to teach you, but they want to make sure you’re able to succeed. They put every path for you to be able to succeed. That’s the big thing. No one wants to see you fail here.

That’s made a big impact on me.

EM: In all honesty, Moreau was everything I could have dreamed about for high school. I had, in my opinion, the perfect high school experience I could have asked for.

Whether it was in sports, whether it was in music, in classes, friends, the support system. Words can’t explain how much fun and how much I love this school. These past two weeks, or this past month, I’ve had senior night, my last student government event, my last band concert, all these things I’ve been doing for the last four years. Everything I’ve done,

I’ve done every single day the past four years, since freshman year. It wasn’t like I just started last year. I’ve been doing it.

Before we were talking, the feelings that I have toward graduation, it’s bittersweet. For me personally, I feel like I’m at my peak, too. I’ve gotten really good, especially in band. I’ve matured so much as a musician, as an athlete, as a leader. I’m at a place where I want to be. You want to keep doing more for this school, but of course, everything that’s good comes to an end. But it’s nice for me, now I’m ready to move on, too. So I can take all the skills I’ve learned and grown and developed here and I can use it in college, at St. Edward’s. It’s been a lot of reflection. I’m happy, sad, so many mixed emotions! Overall, just excited.

Do you have any words of advice or encouragement that you might give to younger Mariners about making the most of their experience at Moreau?

RS: I feel like this is a little bit cliché, but you just have to try new things. You don’t want to stay stuck on one thing. Even if you find one thing that you find that’s enjoyable, if you don’t try other stuff, you might not realize that you find something new that you feel you like more than that current thing you’re doing. So definitely explore all the opportunities that are available to you. Moreau presents you with so many opportunities, there’s no point in not taking advantage of those opportunities and at least trying them out. If you enjoy it, you can stick with it. If not, you can try something else.

EM: Advice I would give...a few things that I’ve always lived by, when I was little, my mom would always tell me, ‘Do your best, and let God take care of the rest.’

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No matter how hard you try, not everything is always going to work out in your favor. But if you put your best effort, then everything happens for a reason.

I’m a strong believer in that.

Another thing I’ve lived by, there’s this one movie, We Bought a Zoo, one of my favorite quotes

“I had, in my opinion, the perfect high school experience I could have asked for.” is when he’s talking to his son about how he met his wife and he goes, ‘All you need is 20 seconds of courage.’ I think in high school, especially in this era of social media, people are so afraid to put themselves out there. Those things that are nerve wracking, or those things that you don’t really want to do because you don’t know how people are going to respond, if it’s important to you, all you need is 20 seconds of courage. Those 20 seconds, could lead to something that you never would have known could become. I had a lot of my best experiences, best opportunities come to me because of those 20 seconds of courage.

The last thing, at our ASB induction ceremony, Beyond ASB, we welcome in the next ASB, that was last week, and I told the next [Co-Curricular Officer] to be the change you want to see at Moreau. Nothing is ever finished, nothing is ever done, nothing is ever perfect. Therefore, keep working, keep seeking out those changes, because if you want things to get as close to perfect as they can be, just do it. Those would be my words of advice.

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your time at Moreau, and how were you able to overcome them or push past them or grow from them?

RS: Obviously, my biggest challenge was being diagnosed with cancer and missing so much of school. I was on PowerSchool last year, and I saw that I had 500 absences in one year! I missed so much of school. That’s

“The Moreau community has been so caring and helped me out so much and has allowed me to prosper and thrive while going through such a difficult time.” definitely been a struggle for me because I missed so many classes, missed so much of class instruction time. Even during treatment, some days I don’t feel like doing work. So it’s been a real struggle to keep up with my academics.

But as I said before, my teachers have always been there to help me. That’s something that I’ve really appreciated. Not just the teachers, but my friends and students have been there to help me all the time. When I was in the hospital they would send me work or help me out. One of the specific things I remember was, before I went to the hospital, I had almost complete hearing loss, but I was still at school. The problem was, my teacher would be talking, they’d be giving a lecture and I wouldn’t be able to understand a word of what they were saying. So I had to talk to my teachers about it and some of them adapted. Because I couldn’t hear something, they

would start writing on the board more so I could read what they were saying. Even though they’d be giving a lecture, they’d write on the board sometimes. Or even some of my friends, as the teacher was writing, they would type a transcript of the teacher’s lecture on their laptop for me so that I could read it while they were going. That’s definitely something I remember, how the Moreau community has been so caring and helped me out so much and has allowed me to prosper and thrive while going through such a difficult time.

EM: A challenge for me was finding the motivation to keep being myself. As I said earlier, in the social media age, or just in high school, there’s so many different opinions, and people can voice their opinions in so many different ways and it’s not really controllable. For me, just being involved, and putting myself out there so often, that leads you to being exposed to people’s opinions and judgement. When those judgements and opinions come, how do you learn to not really care, and ignore it, and be who you are? Over the past four years, those were some of my biggest struggles. Also, dealing with the workload of school, extra curriculars, and family stuff. I had a lot of family almost pass away through my four years.

Both sets of grandparents, aunts, uncles. High school was a lot of fun, but also really rough in some aspects. Being able to maintain and pursue and push on, those were the biggest challenges.

Moreau was that comfort, that home away from home that gave me that comfort and strength to keep going.

What are you looking forward to or nervous about for your college experience?

RS: The weather. Cold! Going to experience seasons for the first time in my life, that’s not

going to be fun. It’ll be fun for the first two weeks, then we’ll have snow, and it’ll be a pain.

Excited because Penn’s in the middle of the city, so there will be a wide range of opportunities.

Excited to experience the college atmosphere and have opportunities for research.

Use the foundations I’ve built at Moreau. Now that I’ve built the foundation here, I can now specialize and dive specifically into more things.

EM: Throughout the process, I was debating where I wanted to go. My dream school was USC, but with all the drama going on, do I really want to go there? I never really knew where I wanted to go or what I was going to do.

Then I heard about the Moreau Scholarship at St. Edward’s. I applied for that, but I thought, even if I get it, am I really going to go to Texas? It was never on my radar. When I got the Moreau scholarship, it really changed my whole mindset. I went out there, and I fell in love with Austin.

Another thing that’s awesome, [is] being able to transition to a Holy Cross college. [It] will be really fun for me! Like I said, I have fallen in love with Moreau.

I love this place so much. And I saw a lot of similarities in St. Edward’s and in Moreau. Being involved at Moreau and being a Moreau scholar for St. Edward’s, I don’t necessarily have to start at the bottom or start all over again, I have an easier transition. They love their Holy Cross kids, too.

Especially all the Holy Cross high schools, like St. Francis, there’s one in Louisiana, New York. I think that transition will be easier for me, that way I can make my mark and they’ll let me be the person I want to be as well. That’s why I’m excited and ready for college.

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JOURNEY TO EAGLE After moving up to Boy Scouts from Cub Scouts in sixth grade, I learned about the rank of Eagle and how prestigious it is. From that moment on, I wanted nothing more than to earn that highest honor.

However, as I began high school my progress began to slow and as I entered my junior year, I realized that the deadline of my 18th birthday, at which point I would age out, was fast approaching. So, I changed troops and began the race to the finish. Due to my complacency over the previous few years, I was behind on both ranks and acquiring all 21 Eagle required merit badges. Every meeting and Scout event quickly became advancement cramming sessions in which I would complete requirements and plan out my next steps with my scoutmaster and advancement coordinator.

I managed to complete all the required merit badges by the start of senior year, but was still behind on advancement. With my 18th birthday fast approaching, I began drawing up schematics for my Eagle Project idea, which aimed to make the Messiah Lutheran Church of Hayward sustainable by bringing it up to date with current environmental preservation standards. This included the implementation of and education about the “three bin system” which would introduce composting and recycling to the church. The project also included the provision of outdoor bins to resolve public littering issues, and the implementation of LED lighting to cut down on electricity use. After these implementations, I would return to the church to educate the community on how to use the bins and about the importance of sustainability.

Once the plan was approved, the building period began. We worked diligently on school days to complete the project in time. As my birthday came within a two week range, we were finally able to drop off my finished products at the church and submit my application for the final Eagle Scout recognition.

A few days later I was scheduled for an interview and the wait began. As anxiety and nervousness began to build up and settle in about my interview, my scoutmaster reassured me by telling me that I would do fine as long as I could just be myself.

On the day of the interview, I was supported by a majority of my small troop at the church. As my scoutmaster and I were called in for my interview, I took a deep breath and reminded myself of his advice: to just be me. About 20 minutes later, I had done it. I had really made it. All the work I had put in over the past 11 years had finally paid off. I was officially an Eagle Scout!

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invaluable life experiences by teaching me things like Environmental Science, First-Aid, Geology, Orienteering, Plant Science, Cooking, and Leadership Skills. Boy Scouts prepared me to succeed in a rapidly evolving world. (I mean, is it really a coincidence that two Eagle Scouts, myself and Geoffry Brown, were awarded as the Moreau Catholic Link Crew Leaders of the Year?) Boy Scouts has further taught me to value family, community, the environment, and the world we live in. Without Boy Scouts, I would not be the person I am today, and for that I have to say thank you to my scoutmasters, my troop, and the Boy Scouts of America.

I hope to take what I have learned in Boy Scouts and help shape the people and the world around me by trying to make my community a better place. In this 21st century, it is imperative that we begin taking strides toward minimizing the amount of trash we deposit into landfills. I plan to implement the same eco-friendly mindset used in the creation of my Eagle Project in my broader community in efforts to care for and help sustain the world we live in and know today.

- Obinna Anyanwu ’19

Other recent Eagle graduates include: Geoffry Brown ’19, Mehar Chhatwal ’19, Colin Joseph ’18, Samuel Lacabanne ’19, Jake Magsalin ’19, Anhson Nguyen ’19, Nicholas Pierce ’18, and Joseph Robinson ’18. We are raising funds to put up a plaque honoring our Mariner Eagles. If you know of any other Eagle Scouts who are Moreau graduates, please contact our Director of Advancement, Doug Hupke, at dhupke@moreaucatholic.org.

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One such opportunity is that of international travel. This summer, several Moreau Catholic faculty members led groups of students on adventures around the globe including France, Japan, and the Philippines.

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Holy Cross Educator Katie (Hansen) Greenbaum ’08 with her husband and fellow Moreau teacher, Ben Greenbaum ’00, her father, Rick Hansen, and her mother, Theresa Hansen

Boring, difficult, useless, scary even. These are words that students often use to describe Math. They don’t often say that it’s their favorite subject, but the Math teachers at Moreau Catholic do their best to take the fear out of it. That is precisely why both Holy Cross Educator of the Year honors were awarded to teachers in our Math department: Katie (Hansen) Greenbaum ’08 and Michael Tsan.

The Holy Cross Educator of the Year is awarded annually to two Moreau Catholic teachers who have been nominated by students for their exemplary work in upholding the Holy Cross pillars in and out of the classroom, and have made a positive and profound influence on students’ educational experience. The award is kept secret until it is presented at the end of year Academic Assembly in front of the entire student body.

Though these beloved educators followed similar paths to teaching, their personalities couldn’t be more different. Tsan is boisterous and playful, as demonstrated when he literally jumped out of his chair at the presentation of his award (see page 29).

His students have dubbed him Tsan-man, Tsanos, and T. San, and by his own admission, he is “super loud and in your face.” Conversely, Greenbaum’s

petite stature belies her big heart and commanding presence. She is incredibly articulate, genuinely humble, and not easily flustered, making her an effective Math department chairperson.

Both Greenbaum and Tsan always knew they wanted to be teachers, thanks in large part to the influences of the teachers they had growing up. Tsan, who was born and raised in Los Angeles, attended UC San Diego and majored in secondary education for Math. Greenbaum earned her B.S. in secondary education from the University of Portland where she double majored in education and math. Tsan just completed three years at Moreau Catholic where he began his teaching in a one-on-one setting as a teacher in the Teach to One program. He has since grown into his role as a classroom teacher where he feels he can affect more students. Greenbaum was called to Moreau Catholic in 2014 after teaching junior high math and falling in love with it, thinking that would be where she made her career.

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they can learn,” says Tsan. He begins building these relationships from day one by making it a point to learn all of his students’ names by the end of the first week of school because that’s how his role model teacher, Mr. Liu, did it. This effort is not lost on his students. Kayacan Kaya ’19, who spoke about and presented him with the award, said of Tsan, “I think it is this teacher’s ability to relate to their students that makes him so likeable. This teacher believes in each and every student that walks through his doors.”

The care that these two emanate is felt even by students who they don’t directly teach. Brooke Nunes ’21 presented the award to Greenbaum at the Academic Assembly though she had never had Greenbaum as a teacher. Just by sitting in on a class, Nunes noticed how much Greenbaum cared about her students. She says, “[Mrs. Greenbaum] walked around and engaged herself with her students and didn’t stop helping until everyone in that classroom understood what they were doing. During that 50 minute time, I didn’t see a single hand uncalled on or a single question unanswered, and I couldn’t help but think to myself how lucky these students were to be in a classroom with a teacher that cared so deeply about them.”

Greenbaum do more than “Being a Holy Cross teach math. They educator is really shape life-long learners with living the values of a strong sense Holy Cross in terms of community.

As Greenbaum of compassion, and puts it, “[I work integrity, and really at] building that community modeling that in atmosphere in who you are as a the classroom of ‘we’re in these person.” trenches together!’

Some days it’s not gonna go well, and other days it’s gonna go really well. But that’s all part of the learning process and growing both as a math student and as a person.” Similarly, Tsan says his priority is to teach his students how to be logical human beings capable of problem solving in math, certainly, but more importantly, in every other aspect of their lives. “When someone gets that lightbulb, it means so much. Seeing them really work, seeing them put the effort in really makes my day,” he says.

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of how math is full of life lessons: “As much as the kids really hate proofs, I think there’s something kind of beautiful about them. Being able to lay out your logical reasoning and to see that there’s different pathways to get there...people are going to take different paths. But you can all get to the same goal at the end. One may be shorter, one may be longer.

Not everyone’s path is going to be the same.” Tsan and Greenbaum exemplify this in the different paths they each took to teaching and eventually becoming Holy Cross educators.

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“Being a Holy Cross educator is really living the values of Holy Cross in terms of compassion, and integrity, and really modeling that in who you are as a person so that you aren’t just preaching to [students] what it is, but you’re embodying it,” explains Greenbaum. These Holy Cross educators embody the Holy Cross values by dedicating time outside of the classroom to aspects of the school that they are passionate about and feel that they can contribute to the most. Tsan was a moderator for DECA, but will be taking a step back next year to dedicate more time to Link Crew and will be joining the team of cross country coaches, which includes Greenbaum. In addition to coaching, she will also continue her work as Math department chair, implementing new and innovative ways to deliver math curriculum in engaging ways.

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Ultimately, they aim to benefit and nurture the development of every one of their students. Tsan and Greenbaum spend their days celebrating students’ successes without the expectation of being celebrated in return. True to form, Greenbaum describes receiving her recognition as humbling and adds, “As educators we never expect to hear a lot of thanks, necessarily, especially in such a formal setting. So anytime that we do receive recognition, that people see what you’re doing and see the work that you’re putting in and they appreciate it, especially when it comes from the kids, it’s really humbling more than anything else.” Moreau Catholic celebrates and thanks them along with all our faculty and staff who make it possible to educate the hearts and minds of every student who enters into our care.

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The class of 2019 proudly boasted 21 graduates with alumni parents. Our legacy families keep the Mariner spirit alive, generation after generation!

Monique (Smith) Baga ’85 - Colton Baga ’19 Marissa (Espinosa) Biscardi ’90 - Alexandria Biscardi ’19 Steven Coulthard ’85 - Lauren Coulthard ’19 Catherine (Milam) Den Bleyker ’82 - Jenna Den Bleyker ’19 Victor Dungca ’86 - Matthew Dungca ’19 Marlene George ’84 - Jacob George ’19 Sonia Gril-Martyn ’81 - Jacob Martyn ’19 Geraldine (Dungca) Jones ’88 - Alexander Jones ’19 Ted Krzywicki ’74 - Isaiah Krzywicki ’19 Lucille Lola - Woodward ’79 - Michael Vickers ’19 Cara Madden ’97 - Aidan Madden-Watson ’19 Ron Meier ’76 - Josef Meier ’19 Ethel (Villegas) Mulitauopele ’89 - Evan Mulitauopele ’19 Oscar Peña ’84 - Rebekah Peña ’19 Michelle Pimentel ’96 - Alyssa Pimentel ’19 Ronald Rebello ’85 - Natalie Rebello ’19 Marcos Rios ’96 - Analeese Farias- Rios ’19 Monica (Wuelfing) Slivinsky ’87 - Adam Slivinsky ’19 Michelle (Raimondi) Thompson ’85 - Alexis Thompson ’19 (pictured below)

BACCALAUREATE MASS & RECEPTION On Friday, May 24th, the seniors gathered to take one final walk through the school as a class before celebrating the Eucharist together. This mass marks the last time a class is on campus all together, and is always an emotional event. They offered gifts that symbolize their class and the representatives of the class were announced. After mass, students and their families enjoyed cake and refreshments in the Ivaldi Student Center.

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The class of 2019 was blessed to have as their Baccalaureate Mass speaker Mr. Dan Morrison ’69, a member of the first graduating class of Moreau High School. Morrison is the eldest of seven siblings, all of whom went to Moreau. His family is Mariner through and through, with his mother serving the school as receptionist from 1968 into the 1980’s, and his nephew graduating in 2003. He was delighted to return to Moreau as a representative of his family, as well as Brother Fisher Iwasko, C.S.C., who was the first principal of the school, and the rest of the founding faculty who Morrison says impacted his life and shaped the person he is today.

After Moreau, he attended another Holy Cross school, St. Edward’s University, in Austin, Texas.

He then went on to teach in the Hayward Unified School District for 40 years, much of that time at Tennyson High School. In 2011, he retired from full time teaching, but continued mentoring newly credentialed teachers as a BTSA coach until 2014.

In order to get to know the graduates before speaking at mass, Morrison came to visit and connect with them during their senior breakfast.

He found our students to be receptive, welcoming, and forthright. He says that his goal for his speech

was to “Give something to inspire the class of 2019 to look at option A and understand that everything becomes an option B.” During his speech, Morrison reminded students of the importance of facing challenges head on and the healing power of gratitude. His words set a tone of positivity during this last gathering of the whole class on the Moreau Catholic campus. He sent forth the graduates with these words, “At this moment I am beginning to send you all positive inspirational energy to live your lives as empowered individuals. I am sending you respect, acceptance, and all of the love you deserve.”

Morrison is now actively working to organize the 50th reunion of the class of 1969.

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CLASS OF 2019: PRIDE AND PASSION If there are any words that accurately describe Moreau Catholic’s class of 2019 they are “pride” and “passion.” Whether it was during their Spirit Week performance, cheering on their classmates at any number of athletic or academic competitions, or tackling tough social issues, that pride and passion of being a Mariner was constantly displayed.

committee decided to pay homage to the class of 1969 - the first graduating class of Moreau High School.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the class of 1969’s graduation from Moreau, and the first “Golden Diploma” celebration in the school’s history. Included in the mural will be the phase “Celebrating 50 years of Moreau Graduates” with each class year (1969 & 2019) placed on either side of the MC, forever linking the two classes.

So it comes as no surprise that when the Senior Class Legacy Gift Committee met to discuss what their legacy would support, they selected a mural that would capture the Mariner spirit that they consistently demonstrated throughout their four years at Moreau Catholic. The mural (rendered below) will be proudly displayed on the wall outer Main Gym facing Al Vermeil Field.

Moreau Catholic High School would like to thank the Class of 2019 and their families for their gracious gifts and support, and to the Senior Class Legacy Committee of Obinna Anyanwu, Geoffry Brown, Selena Lopez, Tanner Lakes, Alexis Thompson, Calista Scott, and Michael Vickers.

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EVENING OF EXCELLENCE & ACADEMIC ASSEMBLY On May 1 and 2, 2019 we celebrated the academic achievements of many students at the Evening of Excellence and the Academic Assembly. Select parent volunteers, faculty, and staff members were also honored for their outstanding service to the school. The Moreau Catholic choir, band, and dance programs shared special performances during the morning assembly.

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2019 JOHN A. RAIMONDI VOLUNTEER AWARD HONOREE: BARBARA HEMENEZ

Mrs. Barbara Hemenez, chair of the Moreau Catholic High School Board of Trustees, was honored at the Holy Cross Mass of Gratitude on Sunday, May 5th, with the John A. Raimondi Volunteer Award for outstanding service to the school. Barbara was joined by her husband Bill, daughter Monica ‘06, son Travis ‘02, his wife Carrie and their son Finn.

Fr. Kevin Mullins, OSA, former pastor of Our Lady of Grace Church in Castro Valley, and Holy Cross priests Fr. Fred Jenga, CSC, and Fr. Bruce Cecil, CSC, concelebrated the annual liturgy, where we honor our volunteers and welcome back past recipients of the John A. Raimondi Volunteer Award.

Barbara deeply believes in the mission and values of Moreau Catholic. In her words, “Moreau Catholic High School walks the talk.” This is why she continues to be involved in the Moreau community as a member of the board of trustees long after her children have graduated.

Beginning in 1998, when Travis was a freshman, Barbara began selflessly and generously dedicating her time, talent, and treasure to Moreau Catholic.

As a band parent for Travis and soccer mom for Monica, Barbara was involved in many facets of school life.

In the spirit of John A. Raimondi, Barbara has been a tireless supporter of Moreau Catholic as an alumni parent and volunteer. The school community is blessed and grateful for the generosity and passion Barbara has shown for our students, our faculty and staff, and for the school’s future.

In fact, one of her fondest memories is of being a parent ambassador and sharing with others her appreciation for Moreau Catholic. She told current MCHS parents to take it from a pro and “get yourself involved while your students are at Moreau.”

We continue to pray in thanksgiving for all of our school’s volunteers. We are grateful for their service, and could not be the community we are without them.

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NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES “Integrity, selflessness, and someone who continually goes above and beyond their usual duties for the betterment of the school and students” are the requirements for someone to be considered a Hayward Hero. On Thursday, May 9, 2019, the Hayward Education Foundation recognized our own Armando Ayala at a “Hero Dinner” inside the Meridian Hayward hangar with over 600 people in attendance. In addition to his award for his 20 years of providing safety and service to Moreau Catholic, he was also presented with a certificate signed by the Mayor Barbara Halliday.

Over the course of his two decades with Moreau, he has built hundreds of relationships with students and their families. Ayala is blessed with the gift of being able to easily talk to people. He lives by the MCHS pillars of Being Family and Building Respect: “Never feel superior to that young man, that young girl. And give them the respect they deserve, him, her, their parents, their grandparents, their siblings. That makes for a balanced relationship between an employee here and a student.”

In the time that Ayala has worked at Moreau, his eldest daughter was born, went through Moreau, and has since graduated, something for which he is quite pleased because of his belief in the school. Though he doesn’t know exactly who nominated him for the award, he is proud of the recognition: “For me it was something very special.

Speechless! As I’ve said a thousand times, I feel complete. I feel that I chose the perfect place to come to work.”

We thank Ayala for his years of service to the Moreau Catholic community and are proud to call him our Hayward Hero!

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he 2018-2019 Fall and Winter seasons saw 378 student-athletes competing, with nine teams advancing to and competing in NCS Championship playoffs. All 12 Varsity teams earned MVAL All-League awards and honorable mentions.

Spring Sports Boys’ Volleyball: Boys’ Volleyball qualified and competed in the NCS Championships through the SemiFinals. Vincent Mascarenas ’20 earned a 20182019 MVAL First Team All-League award. The boys’ team also earned MVAL All-League Honorable mentions.

Badminton: Badminton competed in the NCS Championships this Spring. Edwin Shih ’19 and Simi Sethupathi ’19 competed as the 1st place mixed doubles team and then Alex Nguyen ’20 and Katherine Tran ’22 competed as the 2nd place mixed doubles team. Doubles pairs Anza Vo ’21 and Micaela Ang ’19, and Arielle Asino ’20 and Malina Ancheta ’20 completed in the NCS tournament as well. Edwin Shih ’19 and Simi Sethupathi ’19 earned MVAL All-League 1st place team for their mixed doubles team.

Boys’ Golf: This was the first season with new head coach, Kenny Johnson. Coach Kenny led the 8 student-athletes to play personal bests this year. The top 2 Mariner Boys golfers, Samsher Randhawa ’19 and Rohil Saxena ’21, lowered their scores by 7 strokes each in the final round to finish 14th and 12th in the MVAL playoffs.

Boys’ Tennis: The Boys’ Tennis team this year was strong for the sophomores on the team. Rushil Modali ’21 and Harish Rajan ’21 were MVAL First Team All-League Honorable mentions and Mukundh Venkat ’21 and Aaryan Divate ’21 were MVAL Second Team All-League Honorable mentions.

All-star freshmen Naren Jawahar ’22 and Matthew Quiambao ’22 battled their way to make their way into the MVAL Championship semi-finals.

Track and Field: The Varsity Track and Field team this year competed in the NCS Area Meet Championships and also the NCS Meet of Champions. They finished strong and on top at the NCS Meet of Champions. Only the Top 24 athletes in Northern California get to compete at this elite meet.

Six Mariners went on to compete in the NCS Meet of Champions. Caroline Au ’19 pole vaulted and cleared 11 feet to earn a spot on the podium to take home the 6th place medal. Kainoa Lee ’20 pole vaulted and tied for 5th place in the boys’ division. Nico Melendres ’20 and Caroline Au ’19, were voted MVAL All-League in their respective events.

Softball: Varsity Softball played valiantly through the NCS Championship Tournament, ending their season in the NCS semi-final against Sonoma Valley High School. The varsity softball team finished their season as MVAL champions with a winning record of 12-2, and an overall record of 17-5-1. Pitcher Reesah Baker ’20, catcher Gabi Perez ’19, infielders Janessa Khamseh ’19 and Leila Velasquez ’20, and outfielder Analeese Farias-Rios ’19 were all voted to the All-League MVAL First Team. Infielder Ella Murchison ’22 was voted to the All-League MVAL Second Team, and pitcher Kate Heuser ’22 was voted as an MVAL All-League Honorable Mention.

moreaucatholic.org | Swimming: MCHS Swimming team finished the best MVAL Championships in recent years! At the MVAL Championships, the Boys’ Varsity 200 Freestyle Relay team finished 2nd place overall, and the Boys’ Varsity 200 Medley Relay finished 3rd place overall.

This was program history as this was the first time the team made NCS Automatic Qualification Time.

Will Olsen ’19 broke the 100 Backstroke Moreau record, Felix Martinez ’20 broke both the 50 Freestyle and 100 Freestyle Moreau records. Anaiss Arreloa ’21 Qualified for both NCS and States in both 50 Freestyle and 100 Freestyle. Moreau Swim Team swam strong in the Finals of NCS. Felix Martinez ’20 advanced to Boys’ 100 Freestyle final.

He placed 16th out of 40. The boys’ relay team of Will Olsen ’19, Owen Tsao ’19, Aaron Ly ’20, and Felix Martinez ’20 continued their excellence in 200 Freestyle Relay. They dropped time again in the finals and placed 11th overall! The team beat all MVAL schools at the finals. Anaiss Arreola ’21 had great races at NCS Finals. She broke her Paralympic 50 Freestyle NCS record scoring a total of 40 points. She also qualified for and competed in the CIF State Swim Championship Meet in Clovis. At the State swim meet, she placed 1st in both her 50 Freestyle and 100 Freestyle swims, dropping time in both events.

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Baseball: This season, the Baseball team improved by doubling their winning record from the previous year and finished the season strong with a 4-game winning streak to give them an NCS 2019 playoff bid. The team competed in round one of the NCS Championships against Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa. The team ended with a record of 12-13. Sebastian Espinoza ’21, Gerardo Vargas ’20, Noah Zertuche ’21, and Alonzo Guijarro ’21 earned MVAL All-League Honorable mentions.

- Erica Escalante, Assistant Athletic Director

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SPRING SIGNINGS On May 8th, the Athletic Department celebrated and honored four athletes who signed letters of national intent to continue their athletic careers at the college level. Family, friends, faculty, and staff surrounded Gabrielle Perez ’19 (Saint Mary’s College of California - Softball), Jolie Poulet ’19 (Dominican University of California - Soccer), Lovelace Rufus ’19 (Dixie State University Football), and Camille Johnson ’19 (Sonoma State University - Basketball) as they were recognized for their hard work on the fields and in the classrooms.

These scholar-athletes have learned much and made lasting relationships from being involved in Mariner Athletics. Johnson states that, “[Basketball has] taught me a lot of life lessons like staying determined. It gave me a lot of friends. A lot of the people that I know now, I either played with them or I knew them because of basketball.” She shares her best advice to younger athletes: “Be respectful to coaches and those types of people in your life because they just want to help you.”

Best of luck to these four, and go Mariners!

Featured photo, clockwise from far left: Lovelace Rufus, Camille Johnson, Gabrielle Perez, and Jolie Poulet

SPRING PERFORMING ARTS SHOWS

The spring is a busy time in the performing arts department, jam packed with shows and concerts.

Over the course of 5 performances between March 29th and April 7th, the theater program brought the music of ABBA to the Teves Theatre in Mamma Mia! Band and Orchestra presented their Awards Concert on Friday, May 3rd. At this concert students were awarded the Andrei Ingalla Memorial Band Scholarship in honor of band alumnus

Alejandro “Andrei” Ingalla ’91 who passed away earlier this year.

The choral program presented Home on Saturday, May 4th. This concert explored themes of home and family through songs from around the world.

The spring performance season rounded out on May 10th & 11th with the dance concert, Moving Pictures, which featured music from movie soundtracks that were reimagined for the stage.

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Hueman E lement With its facade covered in swirls of turquoise, swoops of magenta, and splashes of green and yellow, Artthaus Studios stands out like a beacon of color nestled amidst grey warehouses lining busy industrial railroad tracks in Oakland’s Jingletown arts community. This massive, historic building, originally built in 1916 as a cannery, has since evolved into the thriving creative space it is today. The artist responsible for much of the vibrant exterior artwork is Moreau Catholic alumna, Allison (Torneros) Tinati ’04. Tinati, whose artistic moniker is Hueman, welcomed the Vector to her studio space right in the heart of the Artthaus.

Though visibly pregnant, Tinati effortless climbed to the top of her rolling staircase to open windows in her studio. She is clearly a woman who is not afraid of heights, a skill necessary for this artist who regularly climbs scaffolding to paint her signature murals. Her murals adorn many walls around Los Angeles, the Bay Area, and many other places both nationally and internationally. They have been featured in car commercials, on magazine covers, and in television shows. Though she is most known for them, Tinati didn’t set out to paint murals. For that matter, she didn’t even set out to be a painter.

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Exterior of Artthaus Studios. Tower and left side building painted by Tinati.

After graduating from Moreau Catholic, Tinati attended UCLA to earn a bachelor’s degree in Digital and Media Arts. Having enjoyed video game design and digital arts while in high school, she intended to pursue a career in the applied arts or advertising. “My intention was never to just be a painter. I didn’t think that was a rational, sustainable career. But I did get invited to my first gallery show towards the end of senior year [of high school]. This really small San Francisco gallery invited me. I just had this little website where I would upload my drawings and stuff. I didn’t think anyone was really looking at it. And this gallery found me,” she says. That fortuitous invitation sparked a yearning in Tinati that she hadn’t anticipated, one that sat dormant for many years. She fed that spark by participating in group art shows around LA all throughout college, but she says it was more of a hobby than a legitimate pursuit.

Upon graduating from UCLA, Tinati turned her senior project, a fictional design agency, into an actual company called Circle Dot Creative. Though she had the company for three years, she grew to resent the work: “[Circle Dot Creative] had its run, but it was really soul sucking for me because, one, I wasn’t really good at running that business. And, two, I was behind a computer all day, so I was just hating life. Especially being in LA, and being around this really vibrant art scene, and seeing all these other people thriving, and having these big shows, and collaborating with these big brands and all that stuff. And here I am behind a computer, like, ‘I can do that! Why am I not doing that?’”

She left Circle Dot Creative behind in order to pursue

a life that was more fulfilling, more humanizing. “I was working so much behind the computer that I was feeling like a robot. I was working 14 to 16 hour days. Some days I wouldn’t even leave the house. It felt very robotic to me. I could feel myself slipping into this sort of depression. So I would say, ‘I’m human, not a robot,’ and that was my mantra.” And so Hueman was born.

Stepping into the sunshine gave Tinati back a sense of herself and allowed her to stoke the flame that was sparked so many years prior. She recalls, with a laugh, tagging her name on the back of her textbooks at Moreau, and how she was always drawn to graffiti art. However, she clarifies, “What I do isn’t classified as graffiti, but I knew I wanted to be painting on the street. By the time I finally did, it felt like I was human because I had been using my whole body, I was out in the world, not behind a computer, I was collaborating with people, I was meeting new people.”

Tinati’s distinctive style blends the figurative with the abstract, often featuring bright spirals of color cut through with linear strokes of complementary tones. Tinati recounts that the seeds of this style were planted during her time in AP Studio Art at Moreau with Lynn McGeever. One project in particular made such an impression on Tinati, that it shaped the direction of her work. The project was Pollock-esque in that students were tasked with creating an abstract background by arbitrarily splashing paint around, allowing it to dry, then returning to it to add foreground. “I just really liked the idea of messing around organically and figuring it out, and then later using the cues

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It’s almost like it’s talking to you and saying, ‘Ok, I want to go this way,’ so that’s always been the direction that I’ve used for my work since.”

Over time, Tinati has evolved and refined her style, though this method continues to be the foundation of much of what she does. Now that she works on such a large scale for her murals, she approaches her work methodically, but she says that she still begins her creative process in the studio using this improvisational method. She adds, “Even though my stuff is very abstract, I like to tie it in to things that will ground it in the community.” When speaking about her role as a street artist, Tianti makes clear that part of her responsibility is to give back to the community in which her work lives. This is particularly evident in her Bloom mural in downtown Los Angeles. The mural is in Bloom Square in the arts district of LA. This area blossomed in the seventies due in large part to the advocacy of Joel Bloom. Tinati sought to commemorate Bloom as well as create a piece that would be visually interesting to those who don’t know the history of the area. Bloom (2017) was a turning point in Tinati’s career, but such important projects didn’t just fall into her lap.

Tinati credits the connections and friendships she made during her time at UCLA and her work ethic for getting her to where she is. She began by

asking permission to paint on blank walls in Los Angeles.

Though plenty of people told her no, enough said yes, and she was able to start getting her work seen around LA. “I was just doing a lot of hustling, really trying to get my work out there. But you’ve got a lot of important people, making a lot of important decisions passing by these walls, and they would really just look me up by my signature, and be like ‘Who painted that?’...So sometimes I still don’t even know how people find me, but I just assume it’s because I’ve done so much work.” Now, companies like Nike, North Face, MTV, Disney, NYX Cosmetics, L’Oreal, American Express, Microsoft, and Lyft seek her out. One of her most recent clients is Grammy awarded, singer-songwriter P!NK. Tinati did the artwork for P!NK’s most recent album titled, ironically, Hurts 2B Human.

During her time in the LA art scene, Tinati met many artists who inspired her and pushed her to this next level in her career. “I’ve been really lucky and I think a big part of it was just moving to LA. And as much as I love the Bay Area, I don’t think it would have been as successful for me if I’d stayed here.” After many years building her brand in LA, Tinati moved back to the Bay Area in 2014 when she reconnected with another MCHS alumnus, Cyrus Tinati ’04. They married in 2016 and are expecting their first child later this summer.

For now, Tinati is taking a break from mural painting, but that doesn’t make her any less busy or sought after.

Lyft has commissioned her as the first Bay Area artist to reimagine the look of the blue Ford GoBikes, now called Bay Wheels, to create what they’re calling “mobile art.” Other companies have also worked

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out ways to use Tianti’s work, such as licensing deals, vinyl wrap arounds, or hiring her to art direct other artists using her designs. With motherhood on the horizon, Tinati no longer worries too much about balancing her career and her family: “It’s funny because I just feel really, really, really lucky that I’m in a position where I’m working with companies that, one, respect the fact that I’m pregnant, and, two, are still willing to work with me and still be creative and find ways to make it happen.”

This Mariner has worked hard to stamp her name on the art world through tenacity and hard work. To younger artists she offers quintessential Moreau advice: “Always be a student.

Artwork for Lyft’s bike sharing program.

Don’t ever think that you know everything. Always be willing to learn, no matter how good you think you are, you can always learn more. Whether it’s about expanding your skill set, or learning how to run a business.

Just always keep learning.”

To see more of Tinati’s work, visit huemannature.com

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37TH ANNUAL MOREAU GOLF CLASSIC

On June 10th, Moreau Catholic High School held its 37th Annual Moreau Golf Classic at Sequoyah Country Club in the beautiful Oakland hills. The weather was a bit toasty at 101 degrees, but that did not hamper the fun and great golfing. All proceeds from the tournament benefit the Brother Gary Stone, CSC, Memorial Scholarships. This fund was created in 1982 and has raised over $600,000 to assist merit based scholars choosing to attend Moreau Catholic.

Tournament winners were as follows:

A special shout-out goes to our Mariner alumni who made up 55 percent of our golfers this year! Thank you for your continued support of your alma mater.

Mixed Second Place: Tom Schunn, Surenda Ministy, Rachelle Recali, and Johnny O’Leary

Thank you to Damian Dufour of Reilly Financial Advisors, LLC for sponsoring the Launching for Charity Cannon. Foursomes were able to try for a “Double Eagle” by using the cannon. It was the most exciting hole on the course!

Men’s First Place: Jeff Nordloff, Tom Noble, John Hannon ’73, and Paul McGowen Men’s Second Place: Dave Capurro ’77, Vince Capurro ’77, James Capurro ’10, and Adam Matichak ’07 Mixed First Place: Tony Mirenda, Ernie Yamane, Ed Benger, and Denise (Winkenbach) Benger ’79

- Diana (Straggas) DeFrance ’76, Alumni & Special Events Manager

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ALUMNI REUNION CALENDAR Contact: Diana (Straggas) DeFrance ’76 at ddefrance@moreaucatholic.org

1970 Football Team Reunion

If you would like to help plan the following reunion, please contact a committee member.

Friday, October 25, 2019 MCHS President’s Patio Chairs: Ray Hall ’71 rhall@pmbllc.com

Class of 1989 30th Reunion

Greg Palin ’71 gbpalin@msn.com

Chair: Christina Laudani ’89 925.570.1369

Kevin Sweeney ’72 kevin@cpask.com Doug Uchikura ’71 deuchikura@gmail.com

Class of 1984 35th Reunion September 7, 2019 Maxville Winery, Napa Valley Chairs: Joselyn Yuson ’84 jyuson@yahoo.com Ed Lara ’84 edlara@sbcglobal.net

Class of 1969 50th Reunion

Class of 1979 40th Reunion Saturday, August 17, 2019 Canyon Lakes Golf Course & Brewery, San Ramon Register at: moreau79.myevent.com Chairs: Tim O’Bayley ’79 Jim Hodgkins ’79

Alumni Cross Country August 31, 2019 Garin Park Regional Park Time: 9:00 a.m.

Contact: Enrique Henriquez ehenriquez@moreaucatholic.org

Alumni (Girls and Boys) Soccer

January 18, 2020 MCHS Al Vermeil Football Field Time: 3:00 p.m.

Contact: Lauren Pien lpien@moreaucatholic.org

Saturday, October 5, 2019 Moreau Catholic High School

Daniel Vazquez dvazquez@moreaucatholic.org

Chairs: Dave Donnan ’69 dave@davedonnan.com or 530.570.5847

Alumnae Softball

Patrick Gallagher ’69 jeeppat@netzero.net or 510.439.8880

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Dan Morrison ’69 danmo51@aol.com or 510.364.5384

Alumnae Volleyball October 19, 2019 MCHS Main Gym Time: 7:00 p.m.

Contact: Jerico Abanico jabanico@moreaucatholic.org

February 22, 2020 Larry Standley Softball Field Contact: Chris Krisman ckrisman@moreaucatholic.org

Alumni Baseball

February 29, 2020 MCHS Baseball Field Time: 3:00 p.m.

Contact: Oz Sailors osailors@moreaucatholic.org

Alumni Volleyball April 25, 2020 MCHS Main Gym Time: 7:00 p.m.

Contact: Jerico Abanico jabanico@moreaucatholic.org

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Alumni Speakers & Mentors Thank you to the following Mariner alumni who have volunteered to be Alumni Speakers and/or Mentors!

Saturday, August 24, 2019

4th Annual Alumni Law Day Saturday, October 12, 2019

11th Annual Funding Hopes & Dreams Dinner Fremont Marriott Thursday, November 21, 2019

Young Alumni Breakfast (2004-2019) Friday, December 20, 2019

51st Annual Crab Feed Saturday, January 25, 2020

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Dan Morrison ’69 Educator

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William Arnold ’71 Retired, PG&E

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Fr. Jefferey Keyes ’71 Diocese of Santa Rosa

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Kevin Dowling ’80 Major Gifts Officer

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David King ’82 Occupational Safety and Health Specialist

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Nancy Laber-Marmolejo ’83 Executive Coaching

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Lance Hasting ’83 Public Policy

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Kathleen Ritzman ’85 Lobbyist / Research Development

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Tom Mayhew ’88 Lawyer

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Leilani Boduch ’89 Global Account Director

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Ed Dela Cruz ’89 Police Officer

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Roger Kuan ’90 Lawyer

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Michael Domingo ’90 Nurse Educator

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Dara Miguel ’90 Senior Interior Design

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Dina Abaa-Ogley ’92 Diplomat

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Jocelyn Pierre-Antoine ’94 Associate Superintendent

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Wenschel Lan ’02 Senior Lecturer

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Laurentiu Dumitrescu ’96 Psychiatrist

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Claire Calalo-Berry ’03 Dance Teacher

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Michael Shaw ’96 Battalion Commander

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Kyrstine Aralar ’09 Software Engineer

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Sarah Wanser ’99 Deputy Probation Officer

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Jennifer Marcellus-Perelez ’09 Quality Assurance Specialist

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Broderick Brown ’99 Lawyer

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Benjamin Jackson ’12 MD/PhD Student

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Sameer Sampat ’99 International Non- Profit Educator

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Sofia Aguirre ’12 ER Nurse

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Zerlene Zapata ’99 Engineer

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Amala John ’12 PhD Student

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Jason English ’00 Nurse

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To volunteer as a speaker or mentor, please visit the school’s website at moreaucatholic.org/ alumni

Mariners, We Would Love to

HEAR FROM YOU!

In Loving Memory Please pray for the souls of all our dearly departed, especially:

Ronald McEntee ’83 Greg Hansen ’71 Greg Smith Angela (Coelho) Higgins ’78 Brian Radecke

Alyssa Pimentel ’19

Detach this form and mail to: Moreau Catholic High School Alumni Office, Diana (Straggas) DeFrance ’76 27170 Mission Blvd.

Hayward, California 94544

Your fellow Mariners are interested in reading about what you are doing. Please use this form to keep your classmates and other Moreau Catholic friends up-to-date on the activities in your life. Send us news about career moves, publications, additions to your family, awards, etc. We especially welcome wedding, baby, and group gathering photos.

You can also email your news to: Diana (Straggas) DeFrance ’76 at ddefrance@moreaucatholic.org. or update your information online at www.moreaucatholic.org/AlumniKeepInTouch

Full Name ________________________ Maiden Name __________________________ Zip________________ Class Year __________ Occupation ____________________Employer _________________________________ Street Address _____________________________________________________________________________ City ______________________ State ________________________ Zip ________________________________ Home Phone _______________________ Email __________________________________________________ News _____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________

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BEYOND THE VECTOR Hon. Shawna Schwarz ’81 awarded Judge of the Year

The National CASA Association has presented Judge Shawna Schwarz with the Honorable David W. Soukup Judge of the Year award for her work on behalf of children in the Santa Clara County dependency system. Judge Schwarz received the award at the National CASA Conference in Atlanta, GA.

Start your...engines? - Conceptual Physics: Pinewood Derby

As part of their final project, the students in Conceptual Physics took part in a Pinewood Derby. For this project they had to design and build their own race car made of pinewood.

They received kits with a block of wood, nails, and wheels, and the rest was up to them.

Service Learning through Art

For their final project, Kristen Parker’s Drawing and Painting 2 class took on the challenge of creating “Portraits of Kindness.” Parker partnered with The Memory Project, a non-profit organization that “invites art teachers and their students to create portraits for youth around the world who have faced substantial challenges, such as neglect, abuse, loss of parents, and extreme poverty.”

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