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BIO & RESUME

Personal Profile

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I am a senior high school student passionate about journalism, sports, pop culture and volunteer work. My work over the past few years includes everything from op-eds to personality profiles to social media interviews. I have always had a love for journalism and I plan to major in it when I enter college, which would make me a fourth-generation journalism major (my great-grandfather started his career in newspaper advertising, my grandfather is an award-winning journalism advisor and instructor and my mother is a former newspaper, magazine and digital reporter and editor who continues to freelance. Here's my resume to learn a little more about me. 

Education |
Activities | Work

2019-2023

Arapahoe High School

Attend Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo. Classes of note:

  • Four years of journalism.

  • Eight AP classes.

  • Nine honors classes. 

GPA: 4.108

2019-2023

Arapahoe Warrior Media

Member of all three of school's media programs for four years. Of note:

  • Editor in Chief: The Spear (online sports platform), senior year.

  • Editor: The Herald (newsmagazine), junior year

  • Associate Editor: Calumet (yearbook), sophomore year.

  • Staffer: Calumet (yearbook), freshman year.

2019-2023

Arapahoe and Club Girls Basketball

Competed on school team for four years. Of note:

  • Two-year varsity letter winner. 

  • JV team MVP and leading scorer.

  • Academic All-State.

  • Summer youth camp counselor, four years.

Competed in year-round club basketball for seven years, including national travel teams. 

2016-2023

Various Sports

Competed in variety of team sports, including:

  • Soccer (freshman and sophomore year of high school); seven years of competitive club). 

  • Powder Puff (two-time high school championship team).

  • Softball.

  • Volleyball.

  • Cross Country.

  • Floor Hockey.

2019-2023

Volunteer Work

Volunteer activities include:

  • Key Club

    • Four​-year member.

    • Three-year letter winner.

  • Special Olympics Unified Kickball

    • Served as coach and partner for ​program that joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. 

  • Youth Sports Camp Counselor

    • Coached third-eighth-grade girls basketball players at school-sponsored camp, four years.​

  • Destination Imagination

    • Competed in outreach category that resulted in supply and monetary donations to local women's shelter, middle school.​

2022-2023

Work Experience

  • Splash Staffing

    • Worked as pool monitor, checking in residents, general maintenance, supervision, etc.

  • ​Rocky Mountain Gifts & Souvenirs

    • In-store product servicing, product fulfillment, trade show setup and tear down. ​

  • Babysitting.

Honors | Awards

2022

Academic All State First Team

Awarded first-team Academic All State by Colorado High School Activities Association.

  • Also awarded Arapahoe High School Scholar Athlete Award.

2022

Colorado Student Media Association Best of Colorado 2022Competition: 
Second Place

  • Category: Print News/Online Class III (Over 1,800)

  • Wrote editorial for newsmagazine titled "Build Block Schedule Back Better"

2022

National  Journalism Honor Roll

Recognized for academic excellence as a staff member of an NSPA member publication. 

2022

Columbia Scholastic Press Association Silver Crown Yearbook Award

Staff member on 2021 yearbook, "It All Happens Here," recognized for overall excellence.

2021-2023

National Honor Society

Inducted into national organization recognizing scholarship, service, leadership and character. Requires 15 hours of volunteer work per semester.

2022

JV MVP and Leading Scorer

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Was named MVP of JV team, and also recognized as the team's leading scorer. 

2022

LPS District Seal of Biliteracy

Littleton Public Schools award recognizing students who have studied and attained proficiency in two or more world languages. 

2021-2022

Varsity Academic Letter

Earned Arapahoe High School Varsity Letter in Academics. 

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