Class of 2015 - College Juniors
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Olasumbo Babalola
University of Missouri at Columbia Ola Babalola is a sophomore at the University of Missouri Columbia. She is studying Engineering. She was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria and has two older siblings who are in college. Ola's favorite classes at ETHS were math and Philosophy. She was also very active in extra-curriculars, including Ambassadors, Student Council, I-Night, Community Service Club, Team ASAP, President of Interact Club, tutor at Wildkit Academy, cross-country and Track. Ola plans to pursue a career in Electrical and Computer Engineering with an emphasis in Power and Energy Systems. She hopes to use this degree to work to generate electricity in countries that do not have constant electricity. Outside of classroom, she loves to volunteer at the food bank with her sorority, attend campus ministry, represent her residential hall at RHA, and also plan events for the Engineering Week. Ola loves and appreciates Mizzou's wide range of opportunities that it offers to its students, and also the spirit of community that the school creates on its beautiful campus. |
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Vanessa Beaudoin
University of Missouri, Columbia Vanessa is a sophomore at the University of Missouri at Columbia where she is studying international business with an emphasis in sports and a minor in French. She is the daughter of Haitian parents and has an older brother who attends Northern Illinois University. At ETHS she loved math as well as running cross-country and soccer. Vanessa was also involved in community service and Best Buddies.
She plans to pursue a career where she is able to travel around the world while working for either a sports team or company. Outside of the classroom she is a member of a sorority and enjoys doing community service as well as working for the Mizzou football team. |
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Jocelyn Becerra
Dominican University Jocelyn Becerra is a sophomore at Dominican University where she studies Nursing. She is the daughter of Latino parents and has one older and two younger siblings. At ETHS, she liked Math and English class and enjoyed being a student ambassador.
She plans to be a nurse in an underserved community to give back to the world. She loved the small class sizes and individual attention at Dominican. Outside of school, she goes downtown with her college friends to take a break from all the hard work. |
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Orlando Bibat
Ripon College Orlando is a sophomore at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin. He is undecided about his major and he is currently a member of the Cultural Diversity Club. Born in the Philippines, Orlando came to the United States when he was 11 years old. He had an older brother who was very special to him, but who unfortunately passed away. Orlando loved his math classes at ETHS. During high school, he liked to play video games, hang out with his family, play basketball in the summer, play frisbee and exercise.
He is interested pursuing a career on anthropology. Outside of the classroom, he likes to workout, play basketball, and he is learning how to play the guitar. |
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Christian Coronel
Augustana College Chris is a sophomore at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL. He loves music; he plays guitar and even writes his own songs. At ETHS Chris enjoyed his English class because he loved reading poetry and books like A Tale of Two Cities. Chris wants to turn his love of literature into a high school teaching career. He could also take his love for music and history and teach those subjects as well. After school, Chris liked to attend Latino QUEST regularly due to its fun environment and sense of community. In college, he is involved with Latinos Unidos and the Black Student Union. He enjoys spending his free time writing poetry and participating in poetry slams. |
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Patricia Flores
Northern Illinois University Patricia Flores is a sophomore at Northern Illinois University where she studies Environmental Studies. She has two loving Hispanic parents and a younger sister in her third year at Evanston Township High School. At ETHS, she enjoyed going to her Spanish and English classes as well as being the treasurer of the club Latino Q.U.E.S.T.
She plans to become a forest conservationist, or possibly become a weather reporter. Outside of class, she is very involved with the Newman Catholic student center and she enjoys participating in club sports. |
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Nick Halman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Nick Halman is a sophomore at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he studies mathematics and computer Science. He has five siblings. At ETHS, he enjoyed his math and science classes. Outside of school, he enjoyed playing tennis and had a job working at a pizzeria. He plans to use his degree in mathematics and computer science to work in programming or website design. In college, he now works as an IT specialist. He also spent time this summer working in IT. |
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Mylisha Harvey
Dominican University Mylisha Harvey is a sophomore attending Dominican University where she studies Psychology with a minor in Theology. She is the Daughter of Sandra Townsend. She is very involved on campus: she is a Student Ambassador, she is in Black Student Union, and she also works the front desk as an RDA (Residence Desk Attendant).
She plans to pursue a career in social work, working with at risk teenagers. Outside of the class room, she enjoys singing in her choir and mentoring children and teens at her church and neighborhood. |
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Guadalupe Herrera
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Guadalupe Herrera is a sophomore at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the Division of General Studies. Her parents were among the large population of Mexican immigrants that crossed the border in search of a better lifestyle. From a very early age, her parents instilled in her the importance of education. They constantly cheer her on and serve as her main motivation. She has two older brothers whom she greatly looks up to and loves very much. She also maintains a strong relationship with her ES mentor, Rebecca Collora, who has been there supporting her every step of the way. Guadalupe feels extremely blessed to have such an amazing person by her side and she couldn’t have asked for a better mentor. At ETHS, she enjoyed taking Intro to Child Development, Intro to Human Behavior, U.S History, Culinary, Ceramics, and Spanish classes. She was also involved in Interact Club and loved volunteering with Community Service Club.
Although Guadalupe is currently undecided about what she will major in, she is considering exploring the Human Development and Family Studies major. She is sure that she wants to venture into a career that will allow her to work with children, but she does not want to be a teacher. For now, she is enjoying taking a a variety of courses. Outside of the classroom she is involved in Camp Kesem, an on-campus organization that works on planning a free, week-long summer camp for kids whose parents have or had cancer. She also enjoyed volunteering in Indiana to help rebuild houses through Alternate Seasonal Break. |
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Xhavier Hilliard
Illinois Wesleyan University Xhavier is a sophomore at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, IL. Xhavier grew up playing sports as soon as he was able to walk. At ETHS, he was on the football and basketball team. His favorite subject was math, because he loves working with numbers. He is now on the college football team at Illinois Wesleyan University.
Xhavier is not sure what career he would like to explore, but he is considering studying engineering. |
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Oliver Jacques
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Oli is a sophomore at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His major is agricultural economics. He is the son of Haitian parents and he has an older brother who also attends the University of Illinois.
Oli has always loved sports, especially soccer. He played varsity soccer at ETHS and he now plays club soccer at University of Illinois. |
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Naomi Jones
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Naomi Jones is a sophomore at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she studies Biological Sciences. She is the daughter of Caribbean parents and has four older sisters and one younger brother. At ETHS, she loved taking English classes and volunteering in her local community.
She plans to pursue a career in the medical field. Outside of the classroom, she enjoys working with the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) and volunteering. |
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Jonathan Martinez
Northern Illinois University Jonathan Martinez is a sophomore at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL where he plans to study industrial and systems engineering. He is the son of the Mexican parents and he has two siblings. At ETHS, Jonathan enjoyed being creative in manufacturing and math classes. Throughout all of high school, he was an active member in the Male Mentorship Program.
Jonathan plans to work for a major company improving sales and managing projects as well as improving quality and productivity. |
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Reginald Murphy
University of Pennsylvania Reggie is a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA where he is currently undecided. At Penn, Reggie runs varsity track.
At ETHS, Reggie was a very involved member of the ETHS community where he was a student council member and was junior class president. His favorite classes were English and biology. |
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Brenda Nguyen
Wellesley College Brenda Nguyen is a second year student who studies Neuroscience at Wellesley College. She is the only daughter of immigrant, Vietnamese parents. At Evanston Township High School, she was involved in DECA, Student Ambassadors, and Science Olympiad.
She projects her future career to involve research and or medicine. Outside of the classroom, she volunteers at Medical Career Exploration Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital and serves as Wellesley for Public Health's senator. |
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Love Odufuwa
Western Illinois University Love Odufuwa is a sophomore at Western Illinois University where she studies finance and business administration. She is the oldest of three; her two sisters are attending ETHS. Love's favorite classes at ETHS were Calculus and economics. She also participated in bowling and lacrosse.
Love plans to pursue a career as a financial analyst and hopefully work her way up to a CFO position some day. Outside of the classroom, she likes to attend theatre program, volunteer, and participate in the Finance and Black Student Association clubs. |
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Mikee Pagdanganan
Augustana College Mikee is a second year student at Augustana College where she is interested in majoring in International Business with Chinese as her foreign language. She is the daughter of workaholic Filipino parents and has one younger brother who attends at ETHS as a first year high school student. At ETHS, she loved taking language classes and doing volunteer work.
She plans to pursue a career in international business and hopes to travel and work abroad with her career. Outside of the classroom, she enjoys volunteering at World Relief, a non-profit organization for refugees all over the world, and she loves the feeling of accomplishment when checking off something from her daily schedule. |
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Karen Reynosa
Augustana College Karen Reynosa is in her second year at Augustana College. She plans to major in Mathematics and Spanish, and Minor in Latin American Studies. She is a first generation college student who tries to be a role model to her two younger sisters. Her favorite class in high school was Math and Karen loved being an ambassador for ETHS. Karen hopes to someday become a high school math teacher. Outside of the class room, she enjoys volunteering with her service fraternity, Alpa Phi Omega, and Latinos Unidos. |
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Diana Rodriguez
Knox College Diana Rodriguez is a sophomore at Knox College. She is still undecided on a major. She is proud and happy to be the daughter of hard working parents. Diana is a first generation student. In high school, her favorite class was math because her teacher was "the best." Diana is considering majoring in Spanish with a minor in Business Administration. She loves being at Knox College, where everyone is so nice and makes her feel at home. She enjoys running cross country and staying involved at school. |
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Diamond Ruffin
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Diamond Ruffin is a sophomore studying social work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the oldest of six children and the first to go to college in her family. At ETHS, Diamond loved being a senior leader as well as taking challenging math classes.
After she gets a masters in social work, she plans to attend law school. Although she doesn’t know exactly what she wants to do, she does know that she wants to work in the restorative justice field. When Diamond is not in class she’s mentoring two sophomores from a local Chicago school as well as attending as many speeches and lectures as she can. |
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Dajah Russell
Western Illinois University Dejah loves to smile and laugh because she is such a blessed individual and has so much to smile about. She was raised by a single teenage mother. Her mom goes above and beyond for her brother and her. Accordingly, she strives to do her best in school, because she wants to make her mom happy and make sure that she is the best possible role model for her little brother. She wants to start a family tradition of going straight to college after high school and never giving up on things you want to accomplish and life.
Dejah loves meeting new people and being a leader. Cheerleading and track is what she lives for; She was on the cheerleading team at ETHS from her freshman year, and she was captain senior year. In the future, Dejah would like to become a teacher. She loves kids and wants to teach second graders or high school students. I am honored to be an Evanston Scholar. It is an amazing feeling to know that I am a scholar and I have people in my corner to get through my college career. |
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Andrea Salas
St. Olaf College Andrea Salas is a sophomore at St. Olaf College. She is currently undecided, but leaning towards a psychology major. Andrea is an only child from parents who come from Mexico.
In high school, her favorite activity was being a part of Latino QUEST, for her, it was more than a club, it was a place she could "hang out" with her closest friends. Her favorite classes were psychology and English. Andrea hopes to become a psychologist that focuses on the industrial and business side. At St. Olaf, she participates in the club “Presente” and she also mentors a middle school student. |
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Eldar Uzicanin
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Eldar Uzicanin is a sophomore at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where studies Systems Engineering with a focus in Automotive Engineering. He is the son of Bosnian parents and has two younger brothers. One is a sophomore at ETHS and the other is in second grade. At ETHS, he loved taking Engineering courses while rowing and playing water polo.
He plans on pursuing a career as a Automotive Engineer in the quickly changing Automotive Industry. Outside of the classroom, he enjoys working on projects with SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers) and volunteering with various inter faith groups all around campus. |
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Sarah Williams
University of Minnesota Sarah Williams is in her second year at The University of Minnesota Twin Cities currently majoring in Retail Merchandising and minoring in Management. She comes from a blended family with one older brother currently in college as well, three younger siblings, and three loving parents. Her favorite classes at ETHS were Psychology, Sociology, and Economics. She thoroughly enjoyed participating in various activities such as SOAR, Choir, Lacrosse and attending all of the football game.
Sarah plans on pursuing a career in the fashion industry in which she hopes to influence women to recognize their own beauty and self worth.Her favorite thing about college is realizing how much opportunity there is in the world and how amazing it is that she can pursue those opportunities. |
