The young women at Padua Academy have a variety of amusing talents, fascinating gifts, and inspiring stories. Padua 360 took the time to hear a few of their individual stories and share them with you.
Many people already know Gabby since her mom is a teacher here. For grade school Gabby attended two different schools, St. Thomas the Apostle and St. John the Beloved. Gabby came into Padua already knowing all about it because she has basically grown up here over the last ten years. When asked what her favorite part about Padua she answered, “I don’t go a day without smiling or laughing.” One of Gabby’s favorite hobbies is reading.
Gabby is a very smart girl who has accomplished many different things in the fifteen years of her life which include, developing a homemade telescope and making it to states in the National History Day competition. Gabby’s history day topic was on Galileo and the Church, titled, Radical Revelations. Her topic focused on Galileo’s discoveries with his telescope and why the Pope was so concerned with those discoveries. Though Gabby did not place in the competition, she still did a great job!
One of Gabby’s many talents is writing poetry. An interesting fact about her poetry is that one of her poems, “Life,” was published in Collected Whispers. When the poem was published Gabby was 12, but she wrote the poem when she was 11.
Even though Gabby is only a freshman, she already knows what she wants to do. She would like to become a prosecutor for environmental injustices. A prosecutor for environmental injustices is someone who Witnessing terrible SPCA commercials, hearing about oil spills, and seeing the exhaust being pumped into the air are all factors that are contributing to the decision to enter into this career field. Continuing along with what Gabby would like to do, if she could change one thing she would want to get rid of all factories since they are one of the main causes of pollution. “I want the next generation to know what a polar bear looks like, not just guess about it or see a picture in books,” she says.
