PURCHASE, N.Y. - "Where are they now?" is a monthly feature story that highlights former student-athletes and employees, as they recount their adventures at Purchase College and what they have been up to since departing.

Our third person of the 2025-26 season is DJ Peoples '21, a four-year starting point guard for the women's basketball team.

Over 73 career games, Peoples (New York, NY) averaged 6.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game.

As a sophomore, she started 22 games and helped lead the Panthers to their most recent birth in the Skyline Conference Playoffs, including a trip to the semifinals that year.

The following year, she served as a tri-captain and the team's third leading scorer at 8.0 points per game. Sadly like so many, Peoples lost her senior season due to Covid in 2020-21.

However, just a few years later in 2023-24, she returned to campus as the new top assistant coach under Stephen Bower.

She continues in the role today, while attending grad school in her spare time. Scroll below to read DJ's own words about what she has been up to since graduating.

Sport/s: Women's Basketball

Graduation year: 2021

Major: Psychology

Favorite place to eat on campus: Dhall for Wing Wednesday

Favorite activity/event: Pancake Madness

What clubs/jobs did you have at Purchase: Gameday Operations

What have you been up to since leaving: I worked at a nonprofit for a 3 years with student athletes helping them achieve their academic and athletic goals. I am currently working on my Master's in social work at the University of Buffalo.

What are you most proud of since departing: I am most proud of the children that I have been able to help and everything that I have learned about myself along the way.

Tell us about your current job: I am an Applied Behavior Analysis Therapist. I work with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

What's your official job title: ABA Therapist

What's the day to day look like: Seeing clients and working to help teach them how to communicate functionally and generalize what they are learning to the everyday world.

What enticed you about your job: Being a part of the development of young children with ASD. I felt like I could make a real impact and could learn so much from working with the children that I do.

Anything you learned at Purchase that is helping you in your new role: Being open to new ideas and not getting stuck in the way that I want things done. Purchase helped me to learn to think outside the box and find new and creative ways to problem solve.

Share your thoughts on your overall experience as a former Panther: I loved my time at Purchase as a player here and am loving it coaching as well. I learned so much from the community while I was here and found life long friends. Being apart of the athletic department that taught me so much is rewarding.