Conversations

When Camille Bryan’s parent told her they would establish a scholarship in her honor, Bryan decided to name it for her late friend and classmate Bianca Red Arrow. Here she explains why.

New softball Head Coach Tairia Flowers, a veteran of the U.S. national softball team, describes what it takes to build a championship program.

Eric Tong MBA ’93, co-founder of Seatopia Collective, talks about the fish farming and chain of custody issues in the fishing industry.

Dominique Hargreaves ’04, former deputy chief sustainability officer for the City of Los Angeles, discusses some of L.A.’s future climate scenarios.

Nadia Kim, professor of sociology, discusses anti-Asian racism in today’s America.

Former Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully P ’95, P ’99, talks about what he misses about his job and the influence of his Jesuit education on his life.

Marina Marmolejo ’17 doesn’t believe youth homelessness must forever be an intractable problem. She has developed an app-based program that offers mentorship and education opportunities to homeless young people as path toward a new life.

The political chasm opened by the January 2021 insurrection reveals that America’s democracy build is not, and never has been, completed.

Rudy deLeon ’74 capped a 25-year career in government defense policy as the No. 2 official in the Department of Defense in the Clinton administration. deLeon talks about the foreign policy challenges facing the new Biden administration.

Ivan Ehlers has produced work for The New Yorker, MAD Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. But rejection is part of the job, he says, and studying psychology at LMU has come in handy.