Voted by her SJA graduating class as "Most Likely to Win a Grammy," Naima Adedapo, '03, would indeed go on to wow audiences across the country, winning hearts as a finalist on Season 10 of American Idol. A singer/songwriter with a soul-pop sound, Adedapo recently relocated permanently to Nashville with her two daughters to pursue music full-time, signing a music publishing deal with Given Music Publishing.

While Sahara Aden, recent SJA graduate from the class of 2015, is sitting in the hall of the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) Campus Center, she shouts out occasional greetings to passing students, including her SJA and MSOE classmate Fabiola Garcia, '15, as well as two new friends. It's only the third week of classes at MSOE, but Aden has been hard at work getting to know her classmates and professors. Openness, positivity, and a willingness to ask for help are themes in Aden's life; these values have carried her from refugee camps in Kenya to an underwritten education in Electrical Engineering at MSOE, Milwaukee's premier engineering university.

Oluwatomisin "Tomi" Ladeinde is a junior at Cardinal Stritch University studying Accounting. Ladeinde is also the recipient of the Wigchers Family/Zilber, Ltd. Scholarship as part of a partnership between the Boys and Girls Club, Cardinal Stritch, and Mary Ann and Art Wigchers. A transfer student to St. Joan Antida High School (SJA) from Nigeria, Ladeinde remembered well the warm support she received from the school. We asked Ladeinde to spare a few moments to reflect on how SJA has influenced her life so far, and what she would like other students to remember.