Jocelyn Garay '12 received her bachelor's in Communications with a concentration in Public Relations and Speech Communications from Marymount. She is currently a Senior Associate at the Dewey Square Group, a public affairs firm, in their Latinovations practice. In her role, she focuses on local and nationwide Latino outreach for their clients, writing op-eds and talking points, providing translations, and working with Spanish media and public relations. Her role also includes media training, debate preparation and crisis communications.

Previously, Jocelyn did outreach work for the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital and worked on Capitol Hill for Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez and Congressman Don Beyer, focusing on Latino outreach. She was also the Coalitions Director for Senator Mark Warner’s successful 2020 re-election campaign where she helped build relationships with affinity groups and grassroots organizations in VA.

While a student at Marymount, Jocelyn was very involved on campus, showing her school spirit as a cheerleader and also serving as President of the Latino Student Association. In her free time, Jocelyn enjoys volunteering with nonprofits, raising money for projects in El Salvador, traveling with her husband and playing with her adorable 1-year-old French Bulldog named Renzo.

Marian Lumba '14

Since graduating in 2014 with a bachelor’s in Information Technology, Marian has worked in tech for different industries. Currently, she is a software engineer at Demosphere where she builds web applications for sports organizations. Marian believes in giving back and often volunteers with local meetups in order to share her knowledge with the community and encourage underrepresented groups to start their careers in tech. In 2021, she received a D.C. Fem Tech award for her contributions at work and in the tech community.

Mimi Miller '15

Mimi Miller, Womenswear empowers women to evolve from settling for conventional clothing to embracing refined pieces for an integration of quality and effortless style. 

Founded in 2015 in Washington, D.C., Mimi decided that she was tired of revealing designs that failed to align with her taste and values. After earning her bachelor’s in Fashion Design from Marymount, she decided to take matters into her own hands and develop pieces that honored slow fashion, the simplicity of loose-fitting silhouettes and timeless patterns.

Mimi's garments are refined, versatile, and comfortable with a focus on ethical production and sustainability. She loves the challenge of dressing the everyday woman – someone who may be a stay at home mom, an entrepreneur, or the woman who has a nine to five job in the city. When someone purchases a garment from her, Mimi wants them to consider it an investment and something they'll be able to wear for years, not just one or two seasons. In addition to clothing, Mimi has recently began offering sustainable garment care products in addition to an exclusive, unisex botanical fragrance.

Ally Balmaceda-Dela Cruz '21

Allyssia (Ally) Balmaceda-Dela Cruz is a first-generation college graduate with a bachelor's in Information Technology and a specialty in Applied Cybersecurity. Her passion for cybersecurity and the IT field grew from her experiences in high school attending annual GenCyber summer camps, a cyber education initiative created for high schoolers sponsored by the NSA and the NSF, that were offered by Marymount.

After graduation from MU, Ally went on to kick start her career at Amazon in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) division as a Global IT Support Engineer. In her strong desire to keep learning, she was recently granted a scholarship of $17,000 to attend a Flatiron Schools cybersecurity bootcamp within her first six months at the company to upskill and become a future Systems Engineer for AWS. In the future, she aspires to become a Cloud Security Engineer for AWS.