Before Harvard
Three-year letterwinner in cross country and track and field … Captained cross country and track and field teams as a senior … Earned all-county and all-league honors as a junior and senior … Named All-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) as a senior … Coach’s Award recipient as a junior and senior … CIF cross country team champions in sophomore year … Cross country team was CIF runner-up in freshman season and two-time state runner-up … Cross country team won four Santa Barbara County titles and three Los Padres League titles … Won the Santa Barbara County freshman-sophomore individual titles in the mile and two mile events … Santa Barbara County individual two mile champion … Class valedictorian … National Hispanic Scholar … Education Foundation for Aerospace Scholarship Award recipient … Bank of America Award recipient in math and science … Elk’s Student of the Year … Wilde Award for Excellence recipient … Served as treasurer for Associated Student Body, National Honor Society and Cabrillo Math Club… Participated in the California Music Educators Association All-State Festival band.

Personal
Enjoys playing the flute and piano, handball and movies … Father, Lawrence, is a 1975 graduate of Harvard.