“Palm Valley provided me with a challenging yet supportive academic environment. My education gave me the foundation and skills I needed to succeed.”

- Gale Anne Hurd
(CEO, Valhalla Motion Pictures, Executive Producer,
"The Hulk" & "Terminator 3")

“Marywood-Palm Valley taught me that one must not only listen to others’ thoughts and feelings so that you may compromise with them, but also listen and understand your own thoughts so that you will never compromise with yourself.

- Brent Strong
(Electrical Engineer with HP, soon joining Disney Imagineering
as a Creative Associate.)

“You can bring the camel to water but you cannot force him to drink;
likewise you can bring a child to school and ask him/her to learn but they may choose not to. But what if the camel appears lazy, don't write him off and assume he is not thirsty - bring the water to his lips and perhaps he will be more thirsty than you'd ever imagined. With extra attention you might see that the camel was not lazy - he was weak and couldn't find his way down to the water. At Marywood-Palm Valley they brought the water to our lips, until we weren't asked to drink, we WANTED to.”

- Samantha Lockwood
(Actress/Writer — “Lords of Dogtown”, “CSI-NY”)