2022-2023 SEYMOUR AWARD SOUTH REGION RECIPIENT – KHALIF KAMIL

Khalif has been a member of CSF AT Mission Vista High School is for the past for years. He has served as publicist, vice president, and this year as the president of his chapter. Some of their activities have included the Fallfest fundraiser, the candy leis graduation fundraiser, the CSF end of the year dinner and the Club Carnival fundraiser. In addition to CSF, Khalif is the Tedx Youth Program coordinator and speaker.

Search YouTube and you’ll find his TED talk speech called “Don’t Fall for the dark side of technology” about how the reality of AI is not just around the corner, but already in our hands. Khalif is also highly involved in HOSA the future Health Professionals club where he has assumed several roles including fundraising chairperson, treasurer and now president. He is also the current Vice president of the National Honor Society and the STEM club.

For college, Khalif hopes to attend either UCLA or UC San Diego where he will major in biological sciences with the goal of becoming a physician.

When he is home, he likes to unwind by spending time in the kitchen learning how to cook traditional Indian dishes.

2022-2023 SEYMOUR AWARDS SOUTH REGION FINALISTS

Sydney Basulto, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Region Finalist

Sydney Basulto, Chapter 1486 – Samueli Academy High School MUN
Adviser Dina Mahmood
Principal Lee Fleming
Orange County Department of Education

Encouraged by words from her CSF adviser, Sydney to immersed herself in leadership, taking on the role of class president for both her sophomore, and junior years, and is currently the ASB President of the executive board at Samueli Academy. Sydney is also the secretary for the E Sports club, was the vice president of the Pre-Med and Health Science Society and is currently a Link Crew Leader. Outside of school, Sydney has been highly involved with the American Red Cross Youth Services with over 100 hours of community service, organizing fundraisers, hosting donation drives, blood drives and assisting with training for certifications in CPR and first aid.

For college, Sydney is hoping to attend either Rochester Institute of Design, Chapman, or if selected, she would be thrilled to attend Brown University. She plans to major in computer science with a goal of blending her passion for game design and art. This passion has led her to competitive online gaming through E-sports and a game called overwatch where she is on the varsity team

Kevin Bender, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Region Finalist

Kevin Bender, Chapter 1341 – Rancho Christian School
Adviser Kristen McCracken
Principal Doris Jackson
Temecula Valley Unified School District

A member of CSF all four years at Rancho Christian High School, Kevin is the senior class president this year, and has held the positions of historian, event coordinator and served as a big brother during his four years. Kevin is also the co-founder of the chess club, and the co-founder and vice president of the fine food and film club. In sports, Kevin has been the captain of the football team for both his junior and his senior years and was recognized as the team offensive player of the year in baseball last year. Outside of school, Keving has earned the prestigious award of Eagle Scout with his project encompassing over 100 hours to restore the entrance sign and to beautify the surrounding landscape of his local Catholic church.

The next step in his future is to attend Claremont McKenna College where he will major in business with a long term goal of becoming a criminal Defense Attorney.

In his free time, Keving’s guilty pleasure is watching Breaking bad, and spending quality time with his friends and family camping.

Rebecca Bourne, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Region Finalist

Rebecca Bourne, Chapter 1411 – San Juan Hills High School
Adviser Jinwoo Lee
Principal Manoj Mahindrakar
Capistrano Unified School District

A CSF member for all four years of high school, Rebecca has been the president of San Juan Hills High School for the past two years. During her time, the chapter has been involved in numerous activities including Buddies and Blankets, Sidewalk Chalk Smiles, Feed the Hungry, Valentines Bags for Children at Risk, and arranged other groups to work at the local food bank. Outside of CSF, Rebecca is the president of the pink ribbon club, which supports breast cancer awareness in various ways in the community such as by creating holiday care boxes, school supply kits and letter writing for families receiving assistance. She has also coordinated the pink-out tailgate and fundraiser, designed the club logo and even donated her own hair for cancer patients. Rebecca is also the president of the campus club Just Serve, coordinating over 400 students to prepare and serve meals to the homeless. Outside of school Rebecca also finds time to serve as the president of her church’s youth group.

College plans will take her to BYU where she plans to major in accounting. 

For fun, Rebecca has been writing novels since she was 10.

Mina Ho, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Region Finalist

Mina Ho, Chapter 801 – Pacifica High School
Adviser Zsolt Girba
Principal Steve Osborne
Garden Grove Unified School District

Serving as secretary for this year’s CSF chapter at Pacifica High School, Mina has been a member for the past three years and has been the event coordinator for the Alzheimer’s Walk, the event chairperson for the Bolsa Chica Wetlands Restoration project, and the supervisor for the Shipley Nature Center Restoration Service project. Outside of CSF, Mina is the president of National Alliance on Mental Illness club, in an effort to reduce the stigma of mental health issues and to offer support for those in need. Mina is also the current activities chairperson for Project Vietnam, a non-profit, humanitarian organization working to provide medical assistance to families in Vietnam and underserved communities. In athletics, Mina has played soccer as well, earning MVP during 11th grade.

In the Fall, Mina has hopes of attending either UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Berkeley or UC Riverside, where she plans to major in Bio Chem, go into Pre Med and plan a future career as a pediatrician. In her time away from the demands of school,

Mina has developed a new hobby of taking .5 pictures, which looks a bit like a selfie with a fisheye lens perspective. It looks like fun, but you’ll need an iPhone 12 or later to try it yourself.

Angela Mariah Hughes, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Region Finalist

Angela Mariah, Hughes Chapter 1341 – Rancho Christian School
Adviser Kristen McCracken
Principal Doris Jackson

A three year member of Rancho Christian high School’s CSF Chapter, Angela served as the secretary in 2021. Outside of CSF, Angela is also a 4-year member of NHS, a three year member of  Rancho Christian Women’s Leadership, and a four year member of the Student Ambassador Leadership. She currently serves as the ASB Marketing director this year, and served as  the Junior Class President last year. With all of these activities and positions of leadership, Angela has maintained perfect attendance in high school. In athletics, Angela lettered in volleyball, basketball and track and field, was the team captain in volleyball and track and won MVP in volleyball.

Her college plans are made with her decision to attend Point Loma Nazarene in the Fall to major in Business administration.

If you happen to be in the stands to watch her basketball or volleyball teams play, you will instantly recognize Angela as the one dancing not just because she has to dance, but to lower stress during high intensity games.

Khalif Kamil, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Region Finalist

Khalif Kamil, Chapter 1399 – Mission Vista High School
Adviser Joy Straub
Principal Jeremy Walden
Vista Unified School District

Mission Vista High School is where Khalif has been a member of CSF for the past for years where he has served as publicist, vice president, and this year as the president of his chapter. Some of their activities have included the Fallfest fundraiser, the candy leis graduation fundraiser, the CSF end of the year dinner and the Club Carnival fundraiser. In addition to CSF, Khalif is the Tedx Youth Program coordinator and speaker. Search YouTube and you’ll find his TED talk speech called “Don’t Fall for the dark side of technology” about how the reality of AI is not just around the corner, but already in our hands. Khalif is also highly involved in HOSA the future Health Professionals club where he has assumed several roles including fundraising chairperson, treasurer and now president. He is also the current Vice president of the National Honor Society and the STEM club.

For college, Khalif hopes to attend either UCLA or UC San Diego where he will major in biological sciences with the goal of becoming a physician.

When he is home, he likes to unwind by spending time in the kitchen learning how to cook traditional Indian dishes.

, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Region Finalist

Ashley Lam, Chapter 1313 – Segerstrom High School
Adviser Kim Nguyen
Principal David Casper
Santa Ana Unified School District

For the past two years Ashley has been the president of Segerstrom High School’s highly active CSF chapter in Santa Ana and has been a member every semester in high school. During her time, she has helping numerous activities such as food supply drives, Trick or Treat coin collection for UNICEF, Holiday Cards for the Ronald McDonald House, school supply drives plus so much more. Outside of CSF, Ashley has also donated over 200 hours of community service through Key Club, where she has been the president since 11th grade. She is also the current president of the National Honor Society, and Project Planet A. Other activities she is involved with include School Site Council, the JPL Open-Source Collaboration Project and the Vietnamese Student Association.

As a dual enrollment student through Santa Ana College, Ashley will have her Associate Degree in biology by this coming June.

Wherever life takes her, Ashley is sure to be a success.

Alyssa Tang, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Region Finalist

Alyssa Camille Tang, Chapter 920 – University High School
Adviser Felicia Rohrer Ng
Principal Kevin Astor
Irvine Unified School District

Serving as the president for the past two years of University High School’s active CSF chapter, Alyssa is a three-year member. She has been Involved in many community service events ranging from Halloween Candy drives, to the Beyond Blindness Education Toy drive, and numerous fundraisers from Panda Express to Boba sales, and much more. In addition to CSF, Alyssa is founder, executive director and editor in chief of Eunoia Global Health, an online platform for youth to educate and advocate for public health issues. She is also co-president of the UHS National History Day, the Sword and Shield Journalism Club editor, the co-president of Grey Matter, a Youth movement against Alzheimer’s, plus so much more.

College plans will include either attending a UC, or possibly Stanford, Harvard or Yale where she plans to major in the History of Science and delve into a possible career of research and policy development. In what little spare time she has,

Alyssa loves visiting museums and has even made her way to the Berlin Wall.

 

Tiffany Tapia Miranda, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Region Finalist

Tiffany Tapia Miranda, Chapter 378 – Chula Vista Senior High School
Adviser Gavin Ching
Principal Julio Alcala
Sweetwater Union School District

A member of CSF all four years of high school, Tiffany is the current vice president at Chula Vista Senior High School. She has been involved with several fundraisers including the Kalo Boba, Chipotle, and the Charleston Wrap online fundraiser among others. Outside of CSF, Tiffany is the co-founder and co-president of the school’s National Honor Society, and a member of various clubs such as the advanced string orchestra club, and MECHA. In sports, she excels in tennis with such accolades as the MVP award for two years and serving as the captain for the past three seasons.

For her college plans she is excited to attend Johns Hopkins in the Fall to major in neuroscience, attend med school and pursue a career as an anesthesiologist.

When life gets too busy, Tiffany immerses herself in the world of TikTok and her favorite telenovela.

Kaitlyn Wu, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Region Finalist

Kaitlyn Wu, Chapter 1293 – Great Oak High School
Adviser Diana Arban
Principal Aimee Ricken
Temecula Valley Unified School District

The CSF President this year, and the treasurer last year, Kaitlyn has been a four year member of Great Oak High School’s CSF chapter with several key activities including the Red Cross food drive, and the Spectacular prom, an event for special ed students. Outside of CSF, Kaitlyn is the chairman of the Asissteens League, a volunteer organization with the goal of raising money to fund ongoing philanthropic programs to benefit the community, including military care packages, school supplies and backpacks for underprivileged students. Kaitlyn is also the vice president of NHS, vice president of Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society, and has served as secretary, then vice president and now president of the Red Cross Club involved in such activities as food drives, blanket crafting events plus so much more. Oh, there’s more. Kaitlyn is also the current president of the Helping hands Learning club which is a tutoring program for local title 1 middle school students in STEM and social studies. She is also vice president of the BioPower Club.

Her college choices are many, including UCLA, Yale, and many other UC’s and CSU’s. Her major will be Cognitive Science with her long term goal of becoming a psychiatrist or a pediatrician. 

Kaitlyn likes to crochet to relax. Her specialty; crocheting sweaters for cats.

2022-2023 Huhn Awards South Region Nominees

Meet the dedicated South region CJSF members nominated for the CJSF Marian Huhn Awards for 2022-2023.

Allisson Alvarado
Chapter 1171 Fremont Academy of Engineering and Design
Adviser Hollie Lohff
Principal Roger Fasting
Pomona Unified School District

Elyzah Asuncion
Chapter 1332 Las Palmas Middle School
Adviser Christy Thiel
Principal Roy Umana
Covina-Valley Unified School District

Krisha Chokshi
Chapter 155 Carmenita Middle School
Adviser Ruthel Kim
Principal Robert Castillo
ABC Unified School District

Grace Galonsky
Chapter 881 St. Junipero Serra Catholic School
Adviser Elaina Stokes
Principal Julie Radzai
Diocese of Orange Private

Aubrey Garza
Chapter 868 Van Avery Prep
Adviser Theresa Bolton
Principal Angela Peña
Independent School

Reid Hickson
Chapter 1351 St. Anne School
Adviser Maureen Bournazian
Principal Maureen Bournazian
Independent School

Camila Ibarra-Vega
Chapter 1171 Fremont Academy of Engineering and Design
Adviser Hollie Lohff
Principal Roger Fasting
Pomona Unified School District

Izabelle Labrada
Chapter 821 David Brown Middle School
Adviser Rob Sutten
Principal Jeremy Cassara
Lake Elsinore Unified School District

Andrew Martone
Chapter 881 St. Serra Catholic School
Adviser Elaina Stokes
Principal Julie Radzai
Diocese of Orange Catholic Schools

Emma Reynolds
Chapter 868 Van Avery Prep
Adviser Therea Bolton
Principal Angela Peña
Independent School

Nabhat Jin-Jin Sanglimsuwan
Chapter 1332 Las Palmas Middle School
Adviser Christy Thiel
Principal Roy Umana
Covina-Valley Unified School District

Michael Shin
Chapter 155 Carmenita Middle School
Adviser Ruthel Kim
Principal Robert Castillo
ABC Unified School District

Charles Tran
Chapter 821 David A. Brown Middle School
Adviser Rob Sutten
Principal Jeremy Cassara
Lake Elsinore Unified School District

Simleen Verma
Chapter 1187 Pioneer Middle School
Adviser JoAnne Kurtz
Principal Brett D’Errico
Tustin Unified School District

2022-2023 SEYMOUR AWARD SOUTH CENTRAL REGION RECIPIENT – FIONA HEMSTREET

Village Christian School in Burbank is where Fiona is a four-year member of her school’s CSF chapter. Two events that she is proud of have been the stress ball fundraiser and the encouraging Post it notes campaign. In other activities and clubs on campus, Fiona is the current editor in chief of yearbook, the Founder and President of Just Do Something Club, and the Treasurer of the Girls Who Code Club both since 2021. Fiona too has been a Girl Scout since 2009. Volunteering is much of who she is, serving her time with Aviva Family and Children’s Services, and the Ronald McDonald House. In sports, Fiona has been the Team captain and MVP twice for both softball and volleyball.

Her dream college is Northeastern University, but she has also applied for the University of Michigan, and the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is considering a major in either Social Justice or science.

When she was little, Fiona loved turtles. And now, partly as a joke, but partly from this childhood love, friends and family buy her turtle figurines, pins, pictures etc. If it has a turtle on it, it’s perfect for Fiona!

2022-2023 HUHN AWARDS SOUTH CENTRAL REGION RECIPIENTS

Congratulations to these South Central region CJSF members awarded the 2022-2023 Marian Huhn Memorial Award.

Monica Balaji
Chapter 905 Bert Lynn Middle School
Adviser Jay Lee
Principal Patty Girgis
Torrance Unified School District

Alana Jain Feder
Chapter 269 Newcomb academy
Adviser Alyson Al-Mulla
Principal Chris Thompson
Long Beach Unified School District

Alexandra Mahoney
Chapter 398 Immaculate Heart Middle School
Adviser Carolyn Polchow
Principal Gina Finer

Charlee Pinson
Chapter 398 Immaculate Heart Middle School
Adviser Carolyn Polchow
Principal Gina Finer

Jacob Zeitlin
Chapter 1254 Culver City Middle School
Adviser Cristina Hernandez
Principal David Holley
Culver City Unified School District

2022-2023 SEYMOUR AWARDS SOUTH CENTRAL REGION FINALISTS

Sophia Amanda Barrigah, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Central Region Finalist

Sophia Barriga, Chapter 386 – Mayfield Senior School
Adviser Ann Pibel
Principal Kate Morin

A CSF member for every semester of high school, Sophia has devoted much of her time in Mayfield Senior School’s chapter as a peer tutor. In other clubs on campus, Sophia has served as the Campus Ministry Council Member Co-Head, Vice President of the Spanish Honors Society, and the Latina’s Unidas Club Co-Head, all for the past four years. During her high school career, Sophia has also found time to cheer, dance, work as both a camp counselor and lifeguard, plus so much more. If that wasn’t enough, she has also been an active girl scout since kindergarten.

After graduating, Sophia will be attending either The University of Michigan, UC San Diego, or Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She plans to major in biology and become a pre-med student with a goal of working as a dermatologist.

When I asked her to tell me something that her friends would say about her, she said they would say she was “extra”. If her friends were loud, she would be “extra loud, if silly, she would be extra silly…

 

Alana ChoSophia Amanda Barrigah, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Central Region Finalist

Alana Kendall Cho, Chapter 1138 – Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
Adviser Betsy Okamoto
Principal Brent Kuykendall
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District

Serving as this year’s CSF president at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Alana has been a member all four years. She also currently serves as the Key Club president since 2021 where many community services were conducted such as shoe drives, school supply drives, diaper drives, writing letters to senior citizens, leukemia patients and finally hosting an annual Christmas party for underprivileged youth.

Alana is also the founder and current vice president of Girls in STEM on campus. This is obviously her biggest passion as she has even become a published author with a book called Yuna Soars With STEM, a children’s picture book that follows a journey of female empowerment in STEM. Proceeds from this book go back into her organization. Available on Kindle today. Buy it!

Looking ahead to college, Alana has applied to numerous CSU’s and UC’s, including UCLA, and has also applied to Brown and Yale. Public Health will be her focus as she works towards becoming a surgeon.

Guilty pleasures include binge watching Gilmore Girls and practicing the art of glass blowing.

Allison ClunisSophia Amanda Barrigah, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Central Region Finalist

Allison Clunis, Chapter 106 – Simi Valley High School
Adviser Shauna Poutre
Principal JC Baxter
Simi Valley Unified School District

CSF at Simi Valley High School is where you will find Allison as this year’s current vice president in an active chapter involved in such activities as Snap raise fundraiser, peer tutoring, various restaurant nights, and hosting the induction ceremony for both CVSF and the National Honor Society. She is also the current president of the senior class, Vice president of NHS, Student choreographer for the dance team, and current treasurer for the Art Beat club, plus much more.

Her future plans are to enroll at either San Diego State, Cal Lutheran, or the University of Las Vegas, where she would like to utilize her skills to major in hospitality and work as an event planner.

In her limited down time, you might find her in the kitchen baking something delicious. Wow, event planning, baking. I think we can use your skills here in CSF!

Fiona Hemstreet, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Central Region Finalist and Recipient

Fiona Hemstreet, Chapter 890 – Village Christian High School
Adviser Marc Sercomb
Principal Doug Berry
Village Christian High School

Village Christian School in Burbank is where Fiona is a four-year member of her school’s CSF chapter. Two events that she is proud of have been the stress ball fundraiser and the encouraging Post it notes campaign. In other activities and clubs on campus, Fiona is the current editor in chief of yearbook, the Founder and President of Just Do Something Club, and the Treasurer of the Girls Who Code Club both since 2021. Fiona too has been a Girl Scout since 2009. Volunteering is much of who she is, serving her time with Aviva Family and Children’s Services, and the Ronald McDonald House. In sports, Fiona has been the Team captain and MVP twice for both softball and volleyball.

Her dream college is Northeastern University, but she has also applied for the University of Michigan, and the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is considering a major in either Social Justice or science.

When she was little, Fiona loved turtles. And now, partly as a joke, but partly from this childhood love, friends and family buy her turtle figurines, pins, pictures etc. If it has a turtle on it, it’s perfect for Fiona!

Swarada Kulkarni, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Central Region Finalist

Swarada Kulkarni, Chapter 1299 – West Ranch High School
Adviser Laura Solarez
Principal Robert Fisher
William S Hart Union High School District

President this year, and vice president last year of the CSF chapter at West Ranch High School, Swarada has been a member all four years of high school. She has led this chapter in many service opportunities from Project Linus blanket making, Cards for Assisted Living Homes, toy drives, food drives, and so much more. In addition to CSF, Swarada is also the Speech and Debate Club captain /president, an Honors team member of her school’s Academic Decathlon team, president of her school’s National Art Honors Society, and the Founder & CEO – of the Bridge to Hope Foundation a Nonprofit Organization that has Recruited 50 students globally and led committees; to assist underprivileged areas with fundraising; masks and sanitizer to 10K people in 3 Indian villages. Celebrating her cultural heritage, Swarada is a Dragonboat competitive paddler and classical Indian singer.

Her future college plans include either USC or UC Berkeley where she plans to major in neuroscience and molecular biology.

An interesting fact about Swarada, she has been a vegetarian since birth.

Weber Lin, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Central Region Finalist

Weber Lin, Chapter 434 – Arcadia High School
Adviser Matthew Wong
Principal Angela Dillman Arcadia Unified School District

At Arcadia High School, Weber has been a CSF member for all four years. Creating a major community service initiative, Weber organized, produced and distributed 3D printed PPE for frontline workers during the 2020 COVID epidemic. As the Project Founder/Fundraiser/PR Officer/Manager, he crowd-funded and raised over $5,000.00, printed and distributed over 3100 pieces of PPE worldwide. In sports, Weber is the current cross country team captain. Musically, Weber is 1st clarinetist, and the Gig Coordinator for the Music Makes Miracles club on campus. Outside of school, involved with scouting, Weber has obtained the prestigious rank of Eagle Scout.

With plans to attend either MIT, Harvard, Yale or Princeton, Weber plans to major in bioengineering and enter the career field of bio printing, which as he explained to me is like 3d printing using human cells to create organs.

If later you hear strange sounds, it just might be Weber playing the bagpipes.

Celeste Morales, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Central Region Finalist

Celeste Esmalia Morales, Chapter 639 – Duarte High School
Adviser Nathalie Umana
Principal Luis Haro
Duarte Unified School District

Serving as last year’s vice president and this year’s current president of Duarte High school’s CSF chapter, Celeste has led numerous service projects such as Girls love mail, blankets for pups, sock drives, food drives and the Panda Express fundraiser. She has also been the vice president of her class for the past three years. In Key club, her volunteer heart thrives in such activities as Steps for a cause, Children’s Book Sales, Kid-Fit 5k Run, Junior Olympics Track Meet

And the Cesar Chavez Day of Service. In basketball, Celeste has served as team captain for the past three years, and is currently the team captain for volleyball. Her plans for post high school is to attend either the University of Laverne or UC Irvine where she has planned to major in public health with the career goal of becoming a registered nurse.

Liana Lily Pagarian, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Central Region Finalist

Liana Lily Pagarian, Chapter 634 – Ulysses S Grant High School
Adviser Erin Suess
Principal Rebecca McMurrin
Los Angeles Unified School District

This year’s current CSF president at Ulysses S. Grant High School, Liana has been an active member all four years of high school. In her chapter she has participated in such activities as Hope of the Valley Food Drive, clothes drives, animal shelter food drives, letters to the homeless living in shelters plus so much more. In addition to CSF, Liana is also the founder and president of the Women in STEM club, as well as the current vice president of the associated student body. Liana is also the founder and CEO of the nonprofit group Opportunities for All. A member of her school’s Academic Decathlon team, Liana is the current president/ team captain.

Having applied to more than 17 colleges, Liana has her sights set on Stanford, UC San Diego, Cal Lutheran or CSU Long Beach. She plans to major in either biology or neuroscience with goals of becoming a veterinarian or a neurosurgeon, or maybe both?

In her quiet time, Liana enjoys crocheting.

Ashlyn Ro, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Central Region Finalist

Ashlyn Ro, Chapter 106 Simi Valley High School
Adviser Shauna Poutre
Principal JC Baxter
Simi Valley Unified School District

Serving as this year’s CSF president at Simi Valley High School, Ashlyn has been involved in many activities such as Puzzles For the Troops, Holiday Cards Snap raise fundraiser, peer tutoring, and various restaurant nights, including Panda Express, Carl’s Junior, and Mod Pizza. In addition to CSFG Ashlyn is the ArtBeat Club  Co-Founder, National Honor Society President, The Joyful Noise Project Co-President, the HOSA Future Health Professionals President, and finally the Women in STEM club President, among many others. Outside of school Ashlyn serves as Chair of the Simi Valley Youth Council this year, as the vice chair last year and a member of the council since 8th grade.

Ashlyn plans to major in either biology or molecular biology and hopes to attend UCLA, Claremont McKenna, Stanford or Pepperdine. While not exactly on a specific career, Ashlyn knows her future will be in the medical field.

Ashlyn is also a Piano Soloist for the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic and offers private piano lessons. Perhaps this is why in her spare time, she and her sisters enjoy composing songs.

Jolene Roohan,, 2022-2023 CSF Seymour Award South Central Region Finalist

Jolene Roohan, Chapter 701 – Bishop Montgomery High School
Adviser John Hong
Principal James Garza
Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Officer positions were not offered to CSF students at Bishop Montgomery High School, but that didn’t stop Jolene from being a member all four years of high school and serving her time as a peer tutor. Outside of CSF, Jolene is the President and Founder of Asian Pacific Islander Student Association, and Co-president of the class of 2023 since her freshman year. Outside of school Jolene has had the opportunity to serve on Congressman Ted Lieu’s Youth Advisory Council from 2020-2022. She was also involved with the UCLA Pre-Medical Summer Scholars Program where she amassed 80 hours where she participated and trained other high schoolers in basic medical skills such as suturing, scrubbing, robotic surgery, and other medical simulations. In addition to all of this, Jolene has worked as a Physical Therapy Intern with more than 100 hours of time spent.

All of this effort is leading her to Boston College in the Fall to major in Biology, then to med school to one day work in the surgical technology field.

During her brief moments of relaxing, you might find her binge watching the Office, or in the kitchen baking, a skill she acquired during those long months of quarantine.