ANA MCHALE ’06  

WINS DISTINGUISHED 

CHANCELLOR'S AWARD

Congratulations to Ana McHale ’06, who recently received the UC 

Irvine Chancellor Award of Distinction based on academic excellence, 

research, leadership, and service. Just 34 of the 8,800 students in the 

UCI Class of 2016 received the award. Ana held a chapter coordinator 

role with a national mentorship organization called “Eye to Eye,” 

which pairs college students and middle schoolers labeled with similar 

language, reading, and math-based learning disabilities (LD) and/or 

attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). She graduated this 

past spring with a degree in history and plans to attend law school.

Ana, a Laguna Blanca alum, built upon her educational foundations 

on her road to self-confidence and eventual self-advocacy, which 

allowed her to transform her struggles into strengths while pursuing 

her university degree.

She states that, “the most rewarding aspect of being a mentor for 

Eye to Eye was giving hope to young students struggling, as I did, in 

school with the simple message, ‘If I can do it, you can do it.’” 

ALUMNI S

  

  

POTLIGHT

MORE OWLS FLY  

OUT INTO THE WORLD!

As we closed another school year in 2016, we celebrated the graduation of our senior 

class. But another round of Owls were also celebrating as they graduated from university 

and headed out into the greater world. The following are just a few Laguna alumni who 

graduated from college in 2016.

Ana McHale '06 and Chancellor Howard Gillman.

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