AN Interviews with BMHS Alumnae Devin Swiner ’12 and Meghan Wyvill ’12 Alumni NEWS
As Bishop McNamara High School prepares to build the La Reine Science & Innovation Center, the school remains committed to having this next generation facility serve as a catalyst for positive social change. The school seeks to give every student the resources for future success. Moreover, Bishop McNamara High School hopes this building project advances opportunities for African American and female students as both demographic groups remain underrepresented in fields and careers related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The opportunities that this new physical space will afford to them to become future health care professionals, engineers, scientists, mathematicians, entrepreneurs, and culture changing thought leaders will be numerous and transformational not only for Bishop McNamara High School, but for the neighboring Prince George’s County community and the surrounding Washington Metropolitan area. Bishop McNamara High School is well positioned to accomplish this goal as the school already draws on a history of success producing these kinds of students including recent alumnae Devin Swiner ’12, who this year won The Ohio State University’s Next Generation Innovator of the Year award and Meghan Wyvill ’12, who works as a nurse in The University of Maryland’s Medical Intensive Care Unit currently confronting the COVID-19 pandemic. The editorial staff of the Mustang Messenger recently caught up with Devin and Meghan. We asked them about their time at Bishop McNamara, the significance of their work, particularly as women and, in Devin’s case, as an African American woman, and how the La Reine Science & Innovation Center will impact the future of the school. Here are Ms Swiner’s and Ms. Wyvill’s responses to our questions.
Interview with Devin Swiner ’12 Describe your fondest memories of Bishop McNamara High School. One of the things that comes to mind when I think about my time at McNamara is the fact that I was able to be involved in activities that fit all of my interests. It was great being able to play sports, be on student council, be a Peer Minister, join honor societies, do service projects because they allowed me to grow not only as a student, but as a person. The people I met at Bishop McNamara are still people that I talk to today
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