Before Harvard
Was a four-year coxswain on the Pine Crest crew ... Finished second in the women’s third varsity four and third women’s JV four at the Florida Scholastic Rowing Association State Championship Regatta in 2006 ... Time magazine’s Tomorrow 25 Award Recipient junior year; selected by Bentley College and Time magazine as one of America’s 25 future leaders ... One of 250 students out of 80,000 named national finalist for Coca-Cola Scholars Program 2007-08 ... Awards received include Principal’s Scholarship Award and Herbert Hoover Engineering Award ... Recipient of several collegiate merit based scholarships ... Academic Honors Club ... Peer tutor ... AP Scholar With Distinction and Cum Laude Society member junior and senior years ... Founder, publisher and editor of Opp-Guide, a community service guide for and written by teens ... Syndicated editorial cartoonist for two monthly publications, cartoon editor for school newspaper and commissioned by State of Florid to prepare cartoons for Governor Jeb Bush, his wife and DOC Secretary James McDonough ... Raised $20,000 creating and selling jewelry and baked goods for the families of 9/11 victims and survivors and took part in a wide array of other service activities ... Student Council class secretary three years ... Student Board member and one of three students to help plan, organize and run a national educational conference on foreign language and the use of technology ... Obama campaign precinct manager in Harris County, Texas, during spring break 2008 ... Helped set up field office Summer 2008 in Los Alamos, N.M., for ’08 election ... General Council at KenWood Camp.