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scholarship

Coca-Cola Scholar (2023)

One of 150 out of 91,000+ applicants to receive a $20,000 college scholarship and attend Coke Scholars Weekend

Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student (2023)

One of 500 national semifinalists out of 21,000+ applicants to receive a $4,000 college scholarship

Bryan Cameron Impact Scholar Finalist (2022)

One of 76 national finalists out of 3,000 applicants for a full-tuition scholarship

National Merit Scholarship Finalist (2023)

Top 0.5% of scorers on the 2021 National Merit Qualifying PSAT

AP Scholar with Distinction (2021-23)

5s on 10/11 AP Exams including CS A, Physics C: Mech, Calc BC, English Lang & Lit, Bio, Micro/Macro-econ etc.

United States National Youth Poet Laureate Runner-up (2022)

Also West Regional Youth Poet Laureate (2022) and Los Angeles Youth Poet Laureate (2021)

National YoungArts Finalist in Writing (2022)

Finalist in Writing (Poetry) with eligibility for U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts

1st Place Winner, MIT Ilona Karmel Writing Prize (2024)

Selected poetry portfolio for Ellen King Prize for First-Year Writing

Winner, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (2021-23)

12-time Gold Key Winner and 19-time Silver Key in Poetry Portfolio

2nd Place Winner, Amanda Gorman Future Voices Prize (2022)

Honored by Beyond Baroque for poetry portfolio

2nd Place Winner, Nancy Thorp Poetry Contest (2022)

Selected from 442 entries for 'Firework Girls' (published in Cargoes)

1st Place Winner, F(r)iction Fall Poetry Contest (2021)

For poem "Under the neon of nightmarket," selected by Rachel Mennies

1st Place Winner, Fitzgerald Museum Student Literary Contest (2021)

For poem "THIS SIDE, REIMAGINED"

Honorable Mention, Walt Whitman Student Poetry Contest (2021)

For poem "Archery Lesson With Your Fake Father"

Honorable Mention, Coastal Art & Poetry Contest (2021)

For poem "Briny Cravings In a Dream"

Additional writing honors can be found under Writing - Publications