STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
10TEENS
MAKING THEIR MARK BY TARA MENDANHA
In this year’s roundup of youthful visionaries, we spotlight some of the region’s best, brightest, and most inspiring students. In no particular order…
What accomplishment are you most proud of and why? Raising $1,500 for my school music program to use for purchasing new instruments, sheet music, and equipment. Over the course of more than a year, I prepared the 10 hardest pieces I’d learned throughout my piano career and successfully performed them for an audience of over 100 in October 2019. What are your hobbies and involvements in school? I’m the president and current team captain of the Science Bowl Club at Vista, and I coach the Science Bowl Team at Folsom Middle School. I also help run the Computer Science Club at Vista, which my friends and I founded this year; and I’m co-president of Vista’s Robotics Club. I participated in orchestra last year as a pianist and violinist and still help out. I also play varsity tennis on the school team. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? Japan. It has such a different culture from the U.S., along with a unique history and is one of the leading countries in terms of developing cutting-edge technology.
Favorites
ESCAPE: Shooting hoops with my friends GUILTY PLEASURE: Playing Minecraft with my
sister
MEAL IN TOWN: Stuffed-crust pizza at Pieology LOCAL LANDMARK: Folsom Public Library MOVIE: The Dark Knight MUSICIAN/BAND: Panic! at the Disco SAYING: “I am a great believer in luck, and I
17, OAKMONT HIGH SCHOOL
Ian Ng
17, VISTA DEL LAGO HIGH SCHOOL
What accomplishment are you most proud of and why? Being selected to represent my school at the Northern California Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Conference (HOBY NorCal) in June 2019.
What are your hobbies and involvements in school? E-sports league, working out, and doing yard work. I’ve also been involved in our school’s student government program for all four years, where I’m able to make a difference on our campus with events and fundraisers.
What are your hobbies and involvements in school? I’ve been on the varsity volleyball team since my freshman year and was selected as a co-captain and given all-league honors during my sophomore and junior years. Aside from volleyball, I serve as one of our editors-in-chief, head of sports, and the social media manager for the Oakmont student media publication, Norse Notes.
What’s one thing that not many people know about you? I’m generally a quiet person but enjoy hanging out with large groups, which is why I like student government so much.
What’s one thing not many people know about you? I once memorized every capital to every country in the world.
Favorites
ESCAPE: Lake Tahoe GUILTY PLEASURE: Nutella crêpes MEAL IN TOWN: Fair Oaks Roll from Mikuni LOCAL LANDMARK: Folsom Lake MOVIE: Mamma Mia MUSICIAN/BAND: Train SAYING: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it
Angel Alonzo 18, OAKMONT HIGH SCHOOL
is the courage to continue that counts.”–Winston Churchill
What are your plans for the future? Join the Navy and begin a medical career.
Favorites
ESCAPE: Maidu Library GUILTY PLEASURE: Kettle chips MEAL IN TOWN: Mikuni or In-N-Out Burger LOCAL LANDMARK: Maidu Park MOVIE: Knowing MUSICIAN/BAND: Avenged Sevenfold and
Disturbed SAYING: “Forget about it.”
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Photo of Angel Alonzo by Ray Burgess. Photo of Kate MacPherson by Dante Fontana.
Kate MacPherson
find the harder I work, the more I have of it.”— Thomas Jefferson
