20 Alumni Stories - Isaiah Francisco

20 Alumni Stories - Isaiah Francisco

From An Examined Education by The Cambridge School

April 10, 2026 · 13 min · Season 7 · Episode 14

About this episode

Isaiah Francisco shares his journey from Cambridge to the University of Notre Dame, highlighting the impact of his education on his vocation and values.

Isaiah Francisco enrolled at Cambridge in kindergarten and graduated thirteen years later with the class of 2023. He is now a junior at the University of Notre Dame, majoring in history and minoring in International Security Studies, and is preparing for a commission as a Naval officer. His story is one of formation meeting vocation. When Isaiah reflects on Cambridge, he reaches naturally for the school's telos: think well, love rightly, live wisely. Not as a slogan, but as a lived framework he can trace through his college experience with remarkable specificity. The habits Cambridge built in him, seeking out professors, pressing through difficulty, asking for help before the difficulty became crisis, proved to be precisely what his freshman year demanded of him. The holistic curriculum that once felt like a burden became the foundation for navigating a major in history alongside two semesters each of calculus, physics, and naval engineering. But Isaiah's formation at Cambridge runs deeper than academic preparation. The rightly ordered affections Cambridge cultivated in him, his love of service, his commitment to Christ, his sense of what deserves his time and attention and what…

People in this episode

Guest: Isaiah Francisco

Topics covered

  • alumni stories
  • education
  • vocation
  • service
  • formation
  • Christian values

Keywords

  • Isaiah Francisco
  • Cambridge
  • University of Notre Dame
  • vocation
  • service
  • Christian education
  • history
  • naval officer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Notre Dame, Cambridge, Cambridge School

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