"I remember clearly sitting on stage where you all are now…. All of us shared an uncertainty over what the future would look like. We also shared a strong foundation thanks to this incredible Saint Mark’s community. We may not have fully realized it yet, but with an education that had shown us the values of diversity, empathy, ambition, and adventurousness, we had everything we needed to appreciate life as a beautiful adventure and to forge vibrant and selfless paths for ourselves."

Jaclyn Cole ’07 in her remarks to the Class of 2017