Archdiocese of Indianapolis
Mayetta Martel, Hannah Rao, Meghan O’Brien, Margaret Gonzalez
Mayetta Martel
Echo Class:
Echo 17 Theology Teacher
Echo Placement:
Providence Cristo Rey High School
Hometown:
Joshua Tree, California
Undergraduate Institution & Area(s) of Study:
University of Portland, 2019
Education, English, Communication
What are your favorite hobbies and activities outside of your ministry work?
Watching Dodger's baseball, going to the movies and exploring new places and activities! I am a regular at batting cages, minigolf, bowling alleys and pretty much anything that gets me out of the house and moving. I also love Broadway musicals!
Hannah Rao
Echo Class:
Echo 17 Theology Teacher
Echo Placement:
Scecina Memorial High School
Hometown:
Westville, New Jersey
Undergraduate Institution & Area(s) of Study:
Villanova University, 2020
Humanities, Irish Studies (minor)
What is the most significant thing you’ve learned in Echo?
One of the most significant things I have learned in Echo so far is the power of analogy, primarily from Dr. Cavadini. Using analogies to illustrate and understand relationships between ideas has been incredibly helpful for my students as well as myself
Meghan O’Brien
Echo Class:
Echo 17 Theology Teacher
Echo Placement:
Cardinal Ritter High School
Hometown:
Cleveland, Ohio
Undergraduate Institution & Area(s) of Study:
Saint Mary's College, December 2019
English Literature
What advice would you give to Echo applicants?
Don't freak yourself out over choosing the perfect next step. It doesn't exist and is essentially secondary. Wherever you are or will be, your job is to better hand yourself over to what's in front of you in love. Make that your prayer. The intentionality of a program like Echo will help form you to do that, will ask it of you, and will give you a community striving to do the same.
Margaret Gonzalez
Echo Class:
Echo 17 Theology Teacher
Echo Placement:
Scecina Memorial High School
Hometown:
Fairfax, Virgina
Undergraduate Institution & Area(s) of Study:
Vanderbilt University, 2020
Engineering Science, Computer Science (minor), General Music (minor)
What kinds of things are you up to in your Echo parish or school?
I am teaching 10th and 11th grade theology classes. I have all the 10th graders at my school, and we will be learning about the Paschal Mystery and the Church this year. I have one class of 11th graders, who will be studying the Sacraments and Morality.