Hackley Commencement 2025 Speaker

As we celebrated the amazing Class of 2025, we were thrilled to welcome Julianne Puente ’91 as this year’s Commencement speaker. After graduating from Hackley and heading to Cornell, Julianne came back to the Hilltop, where she wore many hats — as a teacher, coach, admissions officer, college counselor, dean and Middle School administrator. Her journey later took her to King’s Academy in Jordan, and today she’s the Head of School at Albuquerque Academy in New Mexico. Julianne has stayed connected to Hackley over the years, including returning in the summer of 2023 to be the keynote speaker at Hackley's Hudson Scholars graduation. It was incredibly special to have her back to help send off this year’s Senior Class.