Class of 2015 - College Juniors
Stephanie Austin Knox College Major: Nutrition Minor: Music Graduation: May 2019 Activities: Outside of the class room, she is active with Blessings in a Backpack, the Knox College Choir, and assisting and informing first generation prospective students who are on their college search. |
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Olasumbo Babalola University of Missouri at Columbia Major: Electrical Engineering Graduation: May 2019 Activities: Olasumbo 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. |
Vanessa Beaudoin
University of Missouri, Columbia
Major: International Business
Graduation: May 2019
Activities: 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 Major: Nursing Graduation: May 2019 Activities: Outside of school, she goes downtown with her college friends to take a break from all the hard work. |
Orlando Bibat
Ripon College
Major: Anthropology
Graduation: May 2019
Activities: Outside of the classroom, he likes to workout, play basketball, and he is learning how to play the guitar.
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Patricia Flores
Northern Illinois University Major: Environmental Studies Graduation: May 2019 Activities: Patricia very involved with the Newman Catholic student center and she enjoys participating in club sports. |
Mylisha Harvey
Dominican University
Major: Sociology
Graduation: May 2019
Activities: Mylisha is a member of the of the President’s Advising Board, Secretary of Black World Studies Academic Club, Secretary of the Christian Leadership Club, and Vice President of the Black Student Union. She is also an intern at the Chicago Juvenile Detention Center.
Guadalupe Herrera
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Major: Speech and Hearing Science: Cultural Linguistics Diversity Concentration
Graduation: May 2019
Activities: When Guadalupe isn't in class, you can find her in TRIO and I-Promise. She is also 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.
Oliver Jacques
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Major: Agricultural Accounting
Graduation: May 2019
Activities: Oliver is a member of Minorities in Agriculture Natural Resources & Related Sciences, National Association of Black Accountants, Men of Impact, and
Illinois Men's Soccer Club
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Naomi Jones University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Major: Environmental Science Graduation: May 2020 Activities: Outside of the classroom, she enjoys working with the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) and volunteering. |
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.
Reginald Murphy
University of Pennsylvania
Major: Political Science
Graduation: May 2019
Activities: Reginald is part of the Interfraternity Council, Black Wharton Undergraduate Assembly, Big Brothers Big Sister, and Black Pre-Law.
Brenda Nguyen
Wellesley College
Major: Neuroscience
Graduation: May 2019
Activities: 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.
Love Odufuwa
Western Illinois University
Major: Finance
Graduation: May 2019
Activities: 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. |
Karen Reynosa
Augustana College
Major: Sociology
Graduation: May 2019
Activities: Outside of the class room, she enjoys volunteering with her service fraternity,
Alpa Phi Omega, and Latinos Unidos.
Diana Rodriguez
Knox College
Major: Economics
Graduation: May 2019
Activities: Diana studied abroad in Costa Rica for Fall 2017. She enjoys running cross country and staying involved at school.
Diamond Ruffin
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Major: Social Work
Graduation: May 2019
Activities: 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.
Dajah Russell
Western Illinois University
Major: Elementary Education
Graduation: May 2019
"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. |
