From the theater, to the lab, to the studio, Sacred Heart faculty inspire students to pursue their dreams inside and outside of the classroom. Four members of the Class of 2015 cultivated specific talents at Sacred Heart and will continue to pursue these passions in college.
Senior Anabeth Bostrup will follow her artistic talents at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) next fall.
Anabeth developed her love for art at a young age, and continued to shape her talents at Sacred Heart. 
“I spent a lot of time in elementary school getting in trouble for doodling on my math homework and in the margins of workbooks,” Anabeth said. “When I was in sixth grade, my art teacher, who attended RISD, actually introduced me to the idea of going to school for art and since then I’ve made it my priority to work toward that goal.” 
This year, while other seniors were writing their college essays, Anabeth spent time building an art portfolio to send to colleges. 
“As an essay has to be tailored to a specific school, so does the artwork in a portfolio. Some colleges were looking for observational drawings such as model studies and nature still lifes, while others were looking for more inventive and creative pieces,” Anabeth said. “For RISD specifically, along with an essay, I had to create two works of art: the first was a bicycle done in graphite, and the second was a drawing in any medium that had to illustrate either time, motion, light or sound.”
In the future, Anabeth hopes to use her talents to illustrate children’s books, something she has wanted to do since she was a child.