Sophie Bryant is a New York native who graduated Tulane undergrad in 2017 with a double major in psychology and public health. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and played saxophone in a jazz combo on campus. Sophie absolutely fell in love with New Orleans during her time here and has since moved here with her sister and parents to continue to enjoy everything New Orleans has to offer.

Sophie works as a pediatric emergency room nurse at Ochsner and is currently in school at LSU to become a nurse practitioner. Outside of listening to music on Frenchman Street, enjoying crawfish with her family, or dining at delicious restaurants, she loves to crochet and read on her balcony apartment off of Magazine Street. She’s so grateful for Tulane and the friends that it has brought her, including the podcast’s own, Nina Riffaud.

Becca is a social media strategist, a proud Tulane alum, and someone who somehow turned scrolling into a career. Outside of work, you can find her hanging out with friends (and their dogs), drinking the crispest Sauvignon Blanc New Zealand has to offer, and convincing herself that screen time doesn’t count if it’s a rewatch of The Eras Tour Film.

Nicole Taffaro Bush is the Senior Director of Alumni Career & Professional Development within the Office of Alumni Relations at Tulane University. She has over twenty years of experience as a career consultant. Nicole has earned a variety of coaching certifications – most recently, Certified Executive Coach – ICF Level 2 and Certified Leadership & Resilience Coach.

Prior to creating and developing career programming for alumni, Nicole worked with students at the A. B. Freeman School of Business, where she created, developed and taught the first career development class offered by the university and represented the Career Management Center on both undergraduate and graduate level curriculum committees.

In 2014, Nicole was elected to serve on the Tulane Staff Advisory Council (SAC) for three years, where she represented staff concerns as a member of the University Senate and served on the SAC Executive Board. She has been actively involved in professional organizations and in her community, currently serving as President of the Alumni Career Services Network.

Born and raised in New Orleans, LA, Nicole graduated from Tulane University with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. She spent several years working for the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida and worked as a Staffing Manager in Atlanta before returning home to New Orleans.

Jered Bocage is a native New Orleanian with four degrees from Tulane! He first graduated in 2000 from Tulane College and has gone on to earn three master’s degrees, one each from the Graduate School, A. B. Freeman School of Business, and the School of Professional Advancement. Before beginning his career at Tulane, he was a teacher in New Orleans public schools as part of Teach for America. He returned to his alma mater as a staff member first in the Board of Tulane office, then Student Affairs, and now currently in Alumni Relations. He is proud to have started many Tulanians’ favorite traditions like the Homecoming Carnival and Crawfest, among many others!

Originally from Baltimore, MD, Peter Young came to Tulane in 2003 and moved into the moved to the penthouse floor of Monroe Hall. He graduated from Tulane College with a Bachelor’s degree in political science and then began working at Tulane in 2009. He also earned master’s degrees from the School of Continuing Studies (now the School of Professional Advancement), and the A. B. Freeman School of Business. As a student, he was involved in the Tulane College Senate and Undergraduate Student Government, eventually serving as USG president for two terms, was briefly on the staff of the Tulane Hullabaloo, and a member of Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity. After graduating, he joined the Tulane staff, first in Student Affairs, and has been with the Office of Alumni Relations since 2013. He manages the office’s budget, data, operations, Bea Field Alumni House, and works with the TAA Board of Directors.

Peter loves reading, traveling, and collecting things including: books, bookmarks, tchotchkes from his travels, stamps, postcards, He lives in the Mid-City neighborhood with his partner, Rob, and their dog, Cooper. His favorite color is orange.

Originally from New York, Nina found her place when she visited New Orleans for the first time in 2013. Tulane was the first college she got into, and despite the fact that she waited to hear from other colleges, she knew in her heart that New Orleans was the place for her from the second she landed at MSY and saw the giant Louis Armstrong statue - a staple of the old MSY airport.

Nina graduated from the School of Liberal Arts in 2018 with a Bachelor's degree in English. When she is not recording the Bea Field Alumni Podcast, she can be found painting, playing piano, singing, traveling, thrift shopping, and hanging with her besties. You can find Nina on LinkedIn to connect with her or on her couch eating pasta in a large t-shirt. At any and all times, she has music playing from the speakers in her home, and has become the resident playlist curator for her friends' parties over the years.

Welcome to the Bea Field Alumni Podcast where we tell Tulane stories through the voices of our alumni.