De Los Santos, author, poet, screenwriter and motion-picture director, attended (enrolled as William Hilbert). Micah Albert, photojournalist who has covered issues in Africa and the Middle East, earned a degree in graphic communications. Robert Pierce, the evangelist who founded World Vision and Samaritan's Purse, studied on the Pasadena campus. Destin Daniel Cretton, a filmmaker, majored in communications. Dawson Daughtery and Luke Fabry of the band Almost Monday also attended Point Loma Nazarene University. Ally Beardsley, a regular member of the Dropout (streaming service) cast, attended and graduated Point Loma Nazarene University; the debt she accrued attending the college was a plot point for the 2019 web series Total Forgiveness.
Major League Baseball players Marty Decker, Mike Ekstrom, and Otto Kemp all played for Point Loma Nazarene University.
== Faculty ==
Notable faculty members include Frank G. Carver, Wesleyan Center Scholar in Residence; Darrel R. Falk, author of Coming to Peace with Science; …
