1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to get connected with Nina del Rio, a weekly 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: conversation about fitness, health and happenings in our community on 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 1: one oh six point seven light FM. 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to get connected. Across the country, 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 2: Catholic schools are facing serious enrollment challenges and many have closed, 6 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 2: including seven New York City schools in last year. So 7 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 2: how are surviving Catholic schools evolving and even thriving despite trends. 8 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 2: Our guest is Lvia Angelillo, president of the Mary Lewis 9 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 2: Academy in Queens, a ninety year old Catholic school that 10 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:39,160 Speaker 2: has strengthened enrollment in part by expanding access to all girls' 11 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 2: education and appealing to families from a wide range of backgrounds. 12 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 2: Lvia Angelillo, thank you for being on the show. 13 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 3: Thank you so much for having me. 14 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 2: Your name is fun to say, by the way, Thank you. 15 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 2: The website is tmla dot org. We'll go into detail, 16 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:56,639 Speaker 2: of course, but for listeners who may not be familiar 17 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 2: with the Mary Lewis Academy, can you talk about the 18 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 2: school a little bit about it timetry and mission. 19 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 3: Absolutely so. The Mary Lewis Academy the acronym fondly is 20 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 3: TMLA DMLA is eighty nine going into our ninetieth year, 21 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 3: founded in nineteen thirty six by the Sisters of Saint Joseph. 22 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 3: The Sisters of Saint Joseph our French Order three hundred 23 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,759 Speaker 3: and seventy five years old, and they are rooted in 24 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 3: the charism or mission of really three core core values reconciliation, 25 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:32,559 Speaker 3: all inclusive, love and unity. And in twenty twenty six, 26 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 3: those are three pretty good guiding lights and ethos. So 27 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 3: the Mary Lewis Academy is committed to providing college preparatory 28 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 3: education and college access to as many girls of any 29 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 3: background possible in the New York City and Tristate area obviously, 30 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 3: and so we are, as you mentioned, we are thriving 31 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 3: despite some of the national trends, and we recently in 32 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 3: September twenty twenty five actually opened our middle school. So 33 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 3: we are now grades six through twelve. So our middle 34 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 3: school is high school preparatory and our high school is 35 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 3: college preparatory. And despite our age, we are we are 36 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 3: very cognizant of the world that we live in today 37 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 3: and the need for absolutely holistic educational opportunities for girls 38 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 3: and the power that a single sex education provides an 39 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 3: engenders in its graduates. 40 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 2: You are also the first president of TMLA in the 41 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 2: ninety year history, and you came from the charter school sector, 42 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 2: So can you talk about the difference in that and 43 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:46,959 Speaker 2: what drew you to this role? 44 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely, so I'll start with what drew me. I 45 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 3: am the product of an all girls Catholic school, so 46 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 3: I had the incredibly good fortune of going to a 47 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 3: rest of the Stacred Heart School, also a French order, 48 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 3: and credit my secondary education and classrooms often led by 49 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 3: sisters with forming who I am. It was and remains 50 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 3: the kind of defining point in time in my life 51 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 3: when I recognized my own kind of self worth and 52 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 3: my own intelligence and perseverance, but then also came to 53 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 3: value education and began to see it as an opportunity 54 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 3: that begets other opportunities, and so kind of a long 55 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 3: career in the charter school world. I led and founded 56 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 3: two charter high schools in Brooklyn, and then also led 57 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 3: a middle school in tandem with a high school, and 58 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 3: really had some of the flexibility that a private institution has. 59 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 3: There's a level of nimbleness that a charter school has 60 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 3: that a traditional common public school does not. And there 61 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 3: were elements that on any given day I could say, oh, 62 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 3: I'm harkening back to my own secondary experience. So small 63 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 3: class sizes, teachers that greeted you at the door, extracurriculars 64 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,359 Speaker 3: that were very much based on the demands and interests 65 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 3: of students, all of those things. And after a decade 66 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 3: and a half in the charter sector, the opportunity presented 67 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 3: itself to join TMLA as its first president. And it 68 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 3: had always been kind of in the back of my 69 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 3: head if it ever came about the opportunity to return home, 70 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 3: so to speak, to an all girls Catholic school, it 71 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 3: would be my good fortune. And so the opportunity presented itself, 72 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 3: and the Mary Lewis Academy, as you mentioned, resides in 73 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 3: Queens and is emblematic of the borough's diversity both socioeconomically, racially, 74 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 3: religiously culturally, and it felt very much like a natural 75 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 3: step for me from the charter sector to Catholic single 76 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 3: sex school that serves students of all needs. 77 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:15,919 Speaker 2: Across New York City and nationally, Catholic schools, as you know, 78 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 2: are facing big enrollment challenges. Many have closed. In fact, 79 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 2: I saw a staff that some schools have lost thirty 80 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:26,119 Speaker 2: to fifty percent of students since about two thousand. Why 81 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 2: is this happening and where are the students going? 82 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, so I can speak to New York City most directly. 83 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 3: The New York City school population about five years ago 84 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 3: was over a million students K twelve. The most recent 85 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,719 Speaker 3: number I saw is in the low eight hundred thousands. 86 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 3: So right there, there is a decreasing number of school 87 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:56,239 Speaker 3: age students in New York City. I think the within 88 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 3: kind of the Catholic school sector in particular, there is 89 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 3: a misconception, if you will, as to whether or not 90 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 3: a Catholic school is open to all, and that may 91 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 3: be open to students of different religions, It may be 92 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 3: open to students that have an individualized education plan or 93 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 3: some special accommodation, whether or not it is open to 94 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 3: families that may or may not be able to afford 95 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 3: the tuition. And my perspective as the president of the 96 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 3: Mary Lewis Academy is that if you are a smart, 97 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 3: hardworking young woman who wants to be an active participant 98 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 3: in a sisterhood, it does not matter if you are 99 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 3: interested in being a good person, becoming a strong confident 100 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 3: woman grounded in knowledge. If you are willing to be 101 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 3: guided by a form of faith and respect for than 102 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 3: for the dear neighbor, come and I think that you 103 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 3: know this. This perspective is not something that I dreamt up. 104 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 3: This is totally in line with the Sisters of Saint 105 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 3: Joseph and the belief that our schools are. In particular, 106 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 3: the Mary Lewis Academy is designed to provide the opportunity 107 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 3: for young women to thrive while making mistakes, so reconciliation, 108 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 3: while being diverse, the all inclusiveness and being respectful and 109 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 3: guided by love, which is the unity. 110 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 2: My guest is Lvia Angiolillo. She's president of the Mary 111 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 2: Lewis Academy, a ninety year old Catholic school in Queens. 112 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 2: You can find out more at TMLA dot org. You 113 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 2: are listening to get connected on one six point seven 114 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 2: let FM. I'mna del Rio So I am a product 115 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 2: of Catholic school through eighth grade. I went to a 116 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 2: co ed school. It was in Texas and it was 117 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 2: in the seventies and eighties, so it's a lot time ago. 118 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 2: And because I came from a family that was half 119 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 2: Catholic and half not Catholic at all, not Christian. Even 120 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 2: I loved the school, but there was some times where 121 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 2: it was awkward. We wrefer to go to Mass every 122 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 2: week and people had communion and I would sit in 123 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 2: the back. So, in practice, for kids who are not 124 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 2: Catholic or Christian, what does that look like? In practice? 125 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 2: You've given us a big overview, but in yeah, give 126 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 2: me some detail. 127 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 3: So I'll give you two ten concrete examples that always 128 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 3: that always immediately come to mind. The first is, as 129 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 3: you mentioned, right mass, we have Mass, and one of 130 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 3: the things that I in my very very first liturgy 131 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 3: that I attended at mary Lewis, I did not know 132 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 3: what to expect. I similarly hang on right to a 133 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 3: school where students that didn't go up to receive communion 134 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 3: just kind of sat in the pew. At Mary Lewis, 135 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 3: every single student stands, and every single student either takes 136 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 3: communion or receives a blessing. And that is something that 137 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 3: is so remarkably like. It is wonderful. It it is 138 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:15,439 Speaker 3: It is one acknowledging that you may not be actively participating, 139 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 3: but you are just as much wanted in the in 140 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 3: the practice and in the communion for lack of a 141 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 3: better word, of of the mass. But it is also 142 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 3: a fundamental understanding that like you're part of a broader sisterhood, 143 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 3: you're part of a greater a greater opportunity. And this 144 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 3: idea that we are respectful of everybody, somebody who is 145 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 3: who who has not received their first union right is 146 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 3: they're just as just as ready for a blessing and 147 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 3: an inclusion in the ceremony and the celebration as you 148 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 3: first administer. We're a student serving communion, so just that 149 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:02,679 Speaker 3: everyday practice is incredibly incredib impactful. The second example that 150 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 3: I often think of is I've become very close with 151 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:13,239 Speaker 3: a senior in high school and she is Muslim, and 152 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 3: one day we were speaking and she shared that the 153 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 3: following day she was going for Rosary. We have leakally rosary. 154 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 2: You know. 155 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 3: I kind of took a beat and said, like, oh, 156 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 3: that's tell me more right. That was it was an 157 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 3: unexpected it was an unexpected commitment. And she shared that 158 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 3: she had learned about it her freshwoman year in ninth 159 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 3: grade and she realized that it was an opportunity for 160 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 3: twenty to thirty minutes once a week to have a 161 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 3: place that was fully calm and oriented towards what she 162 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 3: really perceived to be self care. And I thought it 163 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:55,199 Speaker 3: was such an incredible kind of moment where here was 164 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:58,560 Speaker 3: a student who recognized, like, I need I need a time, 165 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 3: and I need a space. And here's a tradition that 166 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 3: I would not have been introduced to but for being 167 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 3: at the Mary Lewis Academy, and I've been fully welcomed 168 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 3: into the community, and I can I can commit to 169 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 3: the practice, and I can sit side by side once 170 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 3: a week and say the rosary for a completely different reason, 171 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 3: but that it was just as important that this student 172 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 3: be able to participate as the next. And I think 173 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 3: that that is something that right like when we think 174 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:33,319 Speaker 3: about what high school and eventually what college is for, 175 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,839 Speaker 3: which is this idea of like identity formation and understanding 176 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 3: others perspectives and taking other perspectives. Mary Lewis is an incubator. 177 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 3: It is this opportunity in which you can sit side 178 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 3: by side with somebody who's different, learn and adapt, and 179 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 3: that is something that is just remarkable. 180 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 2: In our last few minutes, let's talk about all girls' education. 181 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 2: They're actually slightly more all Catholic girls' schools than all boys' 182 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 2: schools across the country and also in New York City, 183 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:06,719 Speaker 2: and that is growing. Actually, what are sort of the 184 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 2: key things about girls education that you think are important 185 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 2: or attractive right now? 186 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 3: So I think the as the product myself of an 187 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 3: all girls' school, I can say that the ability to 188 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:26,560 Speaker 3: sit in a room and not worry is about just 189 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 3: about anything is incredible. I'll use you know, currently, as 190 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 3: I mentioned, we just opened our middle school and so 191 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 3: we have six seventh and eighth graders brand new to 192 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 3: Mary Lewis, most of whom had not been in a 193 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 3: single gender institution prior to Mary Lewis. And within the 194 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 3: first three or four months we've seen exponential growth in 195 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 3: literacy rates. We've seen the preparation in eighth grade for 196 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 3: regents exams that are not typically administered. And in talking 197 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 3: with some of these girls ten eleven, twelve, thirteen years old, 198 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 3: you know, I've said, like, what's different? 199 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 2: Right? 200 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 3: Like if you weren't you know, you didn't come in 201 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 3: thinking that you were gonna, you know, love reading chapter books. 202 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 3: After four months, like what's new? What what changed? Over 203 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 3: and over? What they share is we get through a 204 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 3: full lesson. There is just this ability to dig into 205 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 3: the material, to ask questions, to clarify a lesson. That 206 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 3: is not to say that in every co ed setting 207 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 3: you can't get through a lesson, but there is something 208 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 3: that is intrinsically powerful about an all girls setting that 209 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 3: is often less disturbed. It is less distracted, you know, 210 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 3: it is tailored to meet the needs of the young 211 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 3: women that are in front of them at the high 212 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 3: school level. I think one of the reasons that I 213 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 3: would double down on an all girls education. You don't 214 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 3: even have to suspend disbelief. There is just an understanding 215 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 3: that if you want to be a hard science major 216 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 3: in college, you can be a hard science major in college. 217 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 3: If that means that you're going to take three ap 218 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 3: sciences your senior year, well that's what you're going to take. 219 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 3: And there is never this kind of second guessing as 220 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 3: to write, what is my prescribed gender role? What is 221 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 3: traditionally what with females study in college? What is you know, 222 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 3: the typical college track that a high school senior would 223 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 3: want to pursue. And so we see by and large 224 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 3: our graduates last year, our graduating class, about seventy percent 225 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 3: intended to major in some form of the sciences, whether 226 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 3: that was pre medicine, what nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy. 227 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 3: And I think that that's just indicative of, right, a 228 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 3: level of self directedness that is provided and fostered in 229 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 3: an all girl setting. 230 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 2: It would be really interesting to know, since you say 231 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 2: seventy percent or interested in STEM, what that looks like 232 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 2: in a co ed school. Yeah, you know, are we 233 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 2: all English majors coming out of co ed versus science produps? Right? Yeah? 234 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 3: No, it's it's I mean, it's fascinating. And it's also 235 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 3: just ray. You never sit in a room thinking there's 236 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 3: nothing that says otherwise, right, and so it is incredibly 237 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 3: powerful to just be like, yeah, I love math, right, 238 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 3: and there's never somebody who says like, well girls, someone 239 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 3: always love that, right, and that is flight changing. 240 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 2: You can find out more about the Mary Lewis Academy 241 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 2: in Queen's including applications via TMLA dot org. My guest 242 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 2: is Livia Angelillo. She is president of the Mary Lewis Academy. 243 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 2: Thank you for being to get connected. 244 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 3: Thank you so much. 245 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 1: This has been get connected with Nina del Rio on 246 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: one Io six point seven light FM. The views and 247 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 1: opinions of our guests do not necessarily reflect the views 248 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: of the station. If you missed any part of our 249 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: show or want to share it, visit our website where 250 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: downloads and podcasts at one O six seven light fm 251 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 1: dot com. Thanks for listening.