High School: Poway High School College: UC Los Angeles Jenna Belknap is a live wire.  At Poway High, she dashed across trails in Varsity Cross Country, kicked her way across fields in Varsity Soccer, and raced around the tracks in Varsity Track and Field. An unstoppable force of energy, Jenna has come to learn there’s […]

High School: The Preuss School College: UC Los Angeles Michael Comaduran’s high school activity list reads like the resume of an accomplished executive. In addition to excelling academically at Preuss on the Principal’s Honor Roll, he served as Student Government treasurer, treasurer for Model United Nations and president of NOBCChE (National Organization for the Professional […]

High School: Eastlake High School
College: Pomona College

High School: The Preuss School College: UC San Diego Moving from war-torn Somalia to Kenya and eventually San Diego, Fatima’s family had a singular focus — access to a quality education. Despite the cards being stacked against her, Fatima realized her family’s goal by succeeding academically as a National Honor Society Member and AP Scholar […]

High School: High Tech High Chula Vista College: UC Santa Barbara For Kathleen Hoskins, changing the world is well within her realm of possibility.  A budding UC Santa Barbara freshman, Hoskins has made an impact in a wide range of areas, motivated simply by the willingness to try.  “It may sound really simple, but the […]

High School: Poway High School College: University of New Mexico Robots are independent. They are also emotionless. As build captain, drive captain, safety captain and treasurer of the Robotics Team at Poway High, Lyle Ikeuchi helped his team achieve a spot in the World Championship of Robotics.  Any similarity between the craft and Lyle, however, […]

High School: Escondido High School College: Wake Forest University To sparkle means to glitter, to shine, to brim with animation and life. Corynn Kolberg, former Escondido High School student now attending Wake Forest University, does just that. Corynn was awarded the $10,000 “Sparkle” Sunflower scholarship for more than just her position as president of Best […]

High School: La Jolla Country Day College: Harvard University A self-described Renaissance woman, Kelsey Miller has a thirst for knowledge, a passion for learning and a love of literature, philosophy and art. But what earned her a 2011 Sunflower Scholarship were her actions to promote education in developing countries. While at La Jolla Country Day, […]

High School: The Preuss School College: UC Berkeley Preuss School graduate Jocelynn Nobouphasavanh is the epitome of multi-talented.  She is an artist who finds unparalleled beauty in both creating a hardedge panel painting or a well crafted comic strip.  She is a creative writer, having authored her first book while still in high school.  She […]

High School: Helix Charter High School College: Seattle University Katie Wrieden’s voice resonates.  At Helix Charter High School, she was lead actress in Twelfth Night, delivered eloquent speeches on the speech and debate team, and advocated for her peers as a member of the La Mesa Youth Commission.  She took her talents beyond entertaining an […]