Cia Restaino '03 ECR '10

Cia Restaino ECR '10 met husband Ben Mattress in Australia while earning a master's degree in 2004. They began dating in Los Angeles where Cia worked as a broadcast producer and Ben worked in film. They moved to Singapore in 2008; Cia did volunteer teaching in Vietnamese and Cambodian orphanages. Back in the Bay Area, Cia graduated from the SMC multiple subject credential program in 2009. The couple volunteered at Saint Mary's Secondary School and Child Rescue Center in Kenya. they were married June 18, 2010, in Kauai by Saint Mary's Father tom McElligott, who traveled there to perform the ceremony. Cia now teaches third grade in San Francisco; Ben is a visual effects artist in films. They live in San Mateo.