While most Californian Toreros have hunkered down in their homes in accordance with recent “shelter-in-place”’ regulations, Danielle Gadbois, a University of San Diego alumna from the class of 2019, has spent the last month working to develop and distribute a test for the novel coronavirus that could save countless lives.
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Jessica Tishue, a University of San Diego alumna from the class of 2011, is an entrepreneur dedicated to solving the problem of this generation’s “grab-and-go culture” with her revolutionary invention — edible containers and utensils infused with flavor.
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It was the 1950s. The United States had the strongest military in the world, families were growing, and the economy was booming. Women were encouraged to stay within the confines of the home. Popular magazine articles like “Don’t Be Afraid to Marry Young,” “Cooking To Me Is Poetry,” and “Femininity Begins At Home” urged women to leave the workplace and focus on bearing children. During the same era, however, the recently-opened San Diego College for Women, which would later become the University of San Diego, offered women different opportunities.
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