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Aubree: Even if I haven’t seen my daughter now, Vivian, and I think having
friends from Cor Jesu in a few years, a child in our lives has made me realize
the relationships are always the same. the reality of what it really takes to
It doesn’t seem like any time has provide an experience like Cor Jesu to a
passed and we continue where we left teenager. I’m just so thankful it could be
off. It’s an awesome thing to have. provided to me.
Aubree: I know that it was such a
Why do you think Cor Jesu is special? privilege to go here and I think I would
Alex: Faith is so prominent here. A lot of
times I feel like people only grow in faith be a different person without CJ. My
mom’s number one priority was that
with their families—going to church on
Sunday, praying before meals or before she wanted us to have a Catholic
education so that we could have a solid
bed, and so on. But at Cor Jesu you get
the extra experience of also growing in foundation to eventually raise our kids
in the faith. I feel like I now understand
faith with your peers, which is cool.
Aubree: From an education standpoint, why that was so important to her.
I think it’s special because it challenges Where are they now?
you so much. When you move on to Taylor graduated from Cor Jesu in 2006
your next school you are so prepared. and attended Spring Hill College where
I was never overwhelmed by the she majored in marketing management.
work in college thanks to CJ. After college she moved back to
St. Louis, married Gable Fortune and
Alex—You have recently been sharing
your gifts and talents through your gave birth to her daughter Vivian in
video and photography company, 2018. Now she works in sales at Canon,
Birdeye Media, with CJ. Why do you and recently added Cor Jesu to her
enjoy creating pieces for Cor Jesu? list of clients. The school purchased
I started my business because I have a a new copier from her last year.
passion for creating sentimental pieces Alex graduated from Cor Jesu in 2009
for people I care about, and Cor Jesu and attended Xavier University where
fits that description. I have so much she earned a bachelor’s degree in
love for this place and the people electronic media, played volleyball
here that I want to do as much work and earned a master’s degree in sports
as I possibly can here. I want others to administration. She started her own video
know how amazing it is here, and I can and photography company, Birdeye
help do that through Birdeye Media. Media, moved home to St. Louis and
married Michael Adams in 2018. She is
Looking back, why are you grateful often at Cor Jesu working on video and
that you attended Cor Jesu? photography projects for the school.
Taylor: I was extremely fortunate because
an anonymous donor wanted to provide Aubree graduated from Cor Jesu in
a full-ride to an incoming freshman and 2011 and also attended Xavier University
I received that scholarship. At the time, where she earned a bachelor’s degree
I don’t know if I fully appreciated it, but in entrepreneurial studies and joined
looking back as an adult, I understand Alex on the volleyball team. After
that that donor changed my life. I have Xavier, she worked as an assistant
a daughter of my own now, and I really volleyball coach at the University
understand what a sacrifice it is to send of Notre Dame before moving back to
your kids to Catholic school. When I was St. Louis where she works with her dad
pregnant, I started a tuition fund for her at JB Smith Company. Aubree married
high school education because it means Anthony Campbell over the summer.
that much to me that she can have the
same experience I did at CJ.
Alex: Taylor mentioned that she has a

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