Age Quod Agis - Jesuit High School

1995 & 1995
TAYLOr HOuSer ‘95
GrAnT BrOWn ‘95
Taylor and Grant Brown and daughters ellie (4) and millie (1).
For one of the youngest married Jesuit couples, Jesuit
continues to be a big part of their lives. ian machuca ‘05
and Cynda (Armstrong) machuca ‘05 didn’t date when
they went to Jesuit, but once they got together at Oregon
State in October 2007, they didn’t waste any time.
The two had a foundation of friendship that made
their early relationship pretty effortless. Ian proposed to
Cynda over the holidays in 2007 at her parents’ house,
where he was so nervous he opened the ring box upside
down while popping the question.
Most of Ian and Cynda’s close friends are from Jesuit.
In their March 2008 wedding, everyone in the bridal party
was a Jesuit grad. Also, since Ian still has siblings and
cousins attending Jesuit, the couple and their one-year-old
son Ben spend quite a bit of time at the school attending
athletic events and staying involved in the community.
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For Grant Brown ‘95 and Taylor (Houser) Brown
‘95, the connection came early. In her first soccer season at
Jesuit as a junior (Taylor was in the second class of women
and transferred in from St. Mary’s Academy) she spotted
Grant and had her eye on him from the start.
“He asked me to Homecoming that year,” says Taylor.
“It all sort of grew from there.”
After graduating from Jesuit, Grant headed off to
Stanford and Taylor to Boston College for a year, then
to the University of San Diego. They visited each other,
but didn’t date too seriously through their college years.
After graduating from college, the two evaluated their
relationship. Taylor moved to California to be closer to
Grant, who remained in Palo Alto after college.
The Browns were engaged in April 2002 and
married in July 2003 in Portland. They now have two
daughters, Ellie, 4, and Millie, 1. The Brown family lives in
southwest Portland, and Grant serves as a soccer coach at
Jesuit.
“I see the kids that Grant is coaching, and they look
so young,” Taylor says. “I realize that was how old we
were when we started down this road. When you’re in high
school, you never really know how relationships will work
out, but we’re still going strong.”
2005 & 2005
CYnDA ArmSTrOnG ‘05
iAn mACHuCA ‘05
Cynda and ian machuca and son Ben (1)
Christopher Goffrier ‘98 & Jenny (Pippin) Goffrier ‘95 • John Hannam ‘00 & Betsy (Palazzo) Hannam ‘01 • Michael Humm ‘00 & Emily (Holloway) Humm ‘01 • Nicholas Jondahl ‘98 & Kristin (Sheets) Jondahl ‘98 • Joseph Kennedy ‘97 &