All About Alumnae

2002

Amanda LaBiche Lee opened Salon

One hair salon in April 2022. Salon One specializes in gorgeous, sustainable cut and color for women on the go. Since 2005, Amanda has been making women more beautiful.

2003

Jill Hannan Barthe - The Louisiana Governor’s Office of Disability Affairs recognized the Barthe family of St. Bernard Parish, presenting them with the Family of the Year Award for the Governor’s Outstanding Leadership in Disabilities Awards. This award is given in recognition of a family who exemplifies courage, strength, and unity for other families in Louisiana. The Barthe family was nominated by Cheramie Kerth, Special Education Supervisor for the St. Bernard Parish Public School System. In her nomination, Kerth shared that the Barthe family has an innate ability to turn challenges into success. “From our first meeting, I knew they possessed something special. They work together, have the same goals, spend an enormous amount of time together, and all for the good of Josephine Marie Barthe (also called Bean),” she said. “Bean, a student at Arabi Elementary School, was born with a rare syndrome called Charge Syndrome, but her disability could never stop her or her family from making this lifetime of challenges into a lifetime of family memories.” Kerth referred to the Barthe family as “models” in the community.

2003

Jiarra Jackson Rayford has been named an honoree for New Orleans City Business 2022 Excellence in Construction and Real Estate.

2004

Amy Osborn Savant joined the faculty of the Art Department at Dominican High School in Fall of 2022.

2006

Caroline Scott Hommell relocated to Indianapolis, Indiana where she accepted a position in Contracts at Roche Diagnostics.

Katelyn Sannasardo joined Dominican’s Mathematics Department Fall of 2022! Welcome back!

2007

“The Barthe family serves as a contributing community member,” Kerth noted. “What sets this family apart is that they are GIVERS. In my 31 years of serving students and families, I can honestly say that this family is most deserving of the Governor’s Outstanding Leadership in Disabilities Award.” In his letter of appreciation, Jamar Ennis, Assistant Director for the Governor’s Office of Disability Affairs, extended his gratitude to the Barthe family. “Thank you for your service, leadership, and commitment to the disability community in Louisiana,” he said. Congratulations to the Barthe family on this very deserving honor.

Sierra Spears has carried on the Veritas legacy of excellence since graduating from Dominican. Sierra attended Dillard University (DU) where she flourished on Student Council, Project Pericles, the dance team, was a queen (ΒΓ chapter ΚΑΨ Frat. Inc.) and received the Martin Luther King Week of Peace Community Service Award and the DU Diamonds Leadership Award. Sierra attended Loyola University New Orleans College of Law where she was a Moot Court Staff member and selected as the American representative for an international law program in Austria. She proudly served as Miss New Orleans US 2020. During law school, Sierra worked for civil litigation and municipal bond law firms and as a dance instructor. Last summer, she completed a judicial internship at Orleans Parish Civil District Court. Currently, she is studying for the bar and clerking for a private firm that specializes in criminal defense, wills and successions, contracts, traffic violations, and personal injury.

2009

Lauren Barrios Landry is the Clinic Director at Epic Physical Therapy clinic in Belle Chasse, LA.

2010

Ivana Butler and business partner

Breshae Johnson created Chic Enhancements in 2020. Their unique company will enhance your event, the chic way with balloons and event creativity the NOLA way! Check it out and you can place your order on Instagram at chic.enhancements or you can reach Ivana at chic.enhance@gmail.com.

2011

In June of 2021, Rosalie Stoner received her doctorate in Classical Languages and Literatures from the University of Chicago. Her dissertation, "Making the Moral Orator: Wanting the Good in Quintilian's Institutio Oratoria," examines the role of voluntas, or "wanting," in the educational philosophy of Quintilian, a first-century A.D. Roman professor of rhetoric. Quintilian's claim that, in order to be an effective public speaker, a person first and foremost has to be morally virtuous reminds Rosalie of the holistic education that she received at Dominican. This education gave her both the opportunity to study the ancient world with inspiring teachers like Dr. Wayne Rupp and Mrs. Eva Rezza and the moral orientation to live dynamically as a Christian woman in fidelity to the Church's teachings and in creative response to scoiety’s needs. Rosalie, grateful for all the faculty, staff, administrators, and friends at Dominican who accompanied her on this educational journey, hopes to continue "paying it forward" to her colleagues and students for many years to come.

2012

Kristen Swanson Scott was named one of New Orleans’ Top Female Achievers by New Orleans Magazine that features women who are making a difference across the community. Each of the 11 honorees spotlighted not only overcame those challenges in past two years of the pandemic, but have been examples of inspiration, innovation and leadership for the entire city.

2013

Kathleen Fasold attended the American Library Association Annual Convention this summer in DC, thru the anonymous donation of an alumna from class of 1982.

2013

Shaysa Lewis created her new business early in 2022– Laughs & Lenses, a photo experience company based in New Orleans. From brand activations to event memories, the company collaborates with clients from start to finish to create a custom photo booth experience. Backdrop, impressive props, sleek, mirror photo booth, and on-the-spot prints ensure clients and their guests will have a fantastic time with Laughs & Lenses! Contact email address is laughsandlensesbooth@gmail.com and the website is www.laughsandlenses.com.

2014

Margaret Ledet has been named Executive Assistant to the President of Aquinas College in Nashville, TN. The Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation, founded in 1860, established St. Cecilia Normal School in 1928. One year later, the school became the first institution of its kind to be affiliated with The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Aquinas College, founded in 1961, is a Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accredited college, where the newest members of the religious community could receive their initial degrees to serve in the community’s teaching apostolate.

Abby Sticker graduated from LSU School of Veterinary Medicine in May 2022 and plans to work in the Houston area.

2016

Maya Dancisak, BSN Student at Franciscan Missionary of Our Lady University, Student Nursing Association Vice-President, Special Events Coordinator and 4790 Class Representative, Gerontology Mentee and Primary Investigator for Benefit of Cane Exercise for Aging Population

Using Martial Arts Concepts. I am a 5th semester nursing student at FranU, where we base our education around the five Franciscan values: service, reverence and love for all life, joyfulness of spirit, humility, and justice. As a catholic I am blessed to be able to serve others within the community by finding new ways to help the gerontological population. Currently, I am working with the Gerontology Mentor Mentee Program at FranU to research "Benefits of Cane Exercise for Aging Population Using Martial Arts Concept.” My mentor, Cindra Schneider, and I are working on getting the project approved by the internal review board and hope to begin implementing the project during the beginning of the Fall

2022 semester. The goal of the project is to teach older adults to use their assistive devices to increase their strength, balance and to teach them to move environmental harms out of their way. I have a love for the older adult population and am thankful for the opportunity that the university has provided to being able to improve these older adults’ lives’. My love for older adults first came from being with Miss Tootie Bertucci who was always in Attendance Office when I was sick or needed a friend at school. After Tootie moved across the street from Dominican to a nursing facility, I visited her every day after school and continued to go even when I was in college. Tootie was my biggest inspiration to go to nursing school and to improve the lives of older adults. Watching Tootie lose her strength and coordination was hard and I want to be able to help other older adults delay that process. I am thankful for my time at Dominican because I have a strong base in understanding how to research articles and compose papers. My hope is that this project will become a program that can be implemented throughout older adult facilities in the United States.

Emily Josephine Meyer, an athletic trainer for Ochsner Sports Medicine Institute, is in her first year as athletic trainer for St. Charles Catholic. Their football team won the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Division III State Football Championship and the Baseball Team won state championship.

2018

2017

Kathryn Fasold graduated Summa Cum Laude and with University Honors from University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and a Minor in Mathematics.