Milton Resident Looks Back at Fontbonne Experience, Ahead to Future

During the at the 100 graduates heard words of wisdom from a graduate celebrating her 50th anniversary and two classmates, who were selected after a highly competitive process.

One of the 2011 Honor Speakers was Milton resident Christina Ferrera.

“I love all the girls in my class,” Ferrera said after graduation. “The opportunity to speak was amazing.”

Her address, which harkened back to other decades and centered on the Mahatma Gandhi quote, “Be the change you want to see in the world,” was a hit with her fellow graduates at family members.

“My family was really proud of me,” said the daughter of Jan and Doug Ferrera.

Ferrera followed three aunts and a sister to the school.

“I think if you have a sibling there you see the kind of student Fontbonne produces,” said Ferrera, who was among 31 students in the Class of 2011 who had a relative graduate from Fontbonne Academy.

During her time at Fontbonne, Ferrera was the President of the Good Fountain Players, a member of the Spanish National Honor Society, the Chair of the Spirit Committee and was involved in Peer Education and Peer Mentoring.

Last summer she interned at the Brookview House in Dorchester through the Julie Connelly Internship program.

As a junior, Ferrera was given the Sister Camella Gambale Award. The award recognizes an outstanding music student and is given in honor of a longtime choral director.

Ferrera will study marketing and communications at Emerson College this fall. She hopes to start a career in theater public relations after college.