Destiny Vergara
Follow messageCity Honors High School Class of 2008
INGLEWOOD, CA
I love baseball and softball. I like swimming, hiking, bowling, camping, roadtrips, roller coasters, dirt bikes, etc. I have 4 brothers and 1 sister. My father is Mexican and my mother is Native American, Gabrielino and Pima. I will be attending the University of California Riverside in the Fall of 2008, as a Freshman. I am the first in my family to go to college. I was a semi-finalist for the Gates Millennium Scholarship. I enjoy meeting new people. I love animals! My favorite baseball teams are the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels, and the Arizona Diamondbacks! I want to save the worl
Extracurricular
- Associated Student Body
- The National Society of High School Scholars
- Journalism
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire
- City of Inglewood Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Planning Committee
- Peer Mediation
- Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement
- Morningside High School Softball Team
- Claude Hudnall Elementary Academic Tutor
- For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Robotics Team
- Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan
- Los Angeles Union Rescue Mission
- Work in the kitchen, christmas store toy drive, thanksgiving canned food drive, etc.
- AIDS Walk
- Participant, School event organizer,
- Multiple Sclerosis Walk
- Participant, school event organizer,
- Crop Hunger Walk
- Participant, school event organizer
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Program
- Big Sister, mentor
- Claude Hudnall Elementary Academic Tutor
- Northrop Grumman Intern.
- Northrop Grumman High School Involvement Partnership. Students chosen for HIP's 16-week internship work side-by-side with Northrop Grumman employees who have volunteered to supervise, teach specific technical and non-technical skills, and provide guidanc
- Loyola Marymount University Summer Program
- Loyola Marymount University
- Santa Monica College Launchpad Program Animation
- EL Camino Community College
- IGETC courses. During school, after school, weekends, evening classes.
- Santa Monica Community College
- IGETC courses. All college classes transferable to any UC and CSU college.
- Associated Student Body
- Associated Student Body
- Associated Student Body
- Associated Student Body
- FIRST Robotics Team
- Morningside High School Softball Team
Experience
- secretary
- Rapaport Dermatology
- filing, taking messages, making appointments for patients, mailing product orders, and other office duties.
Info
Basic
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Last Update:
November 2, 2010
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Birthday:
December 13
Background
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First Gen Student:
Yes
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Hometown:
INGLEWOOD
Favorites
- Movies:
The Godfather, Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino are my favorite actors!
Marlon Brando, Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Dick Van Dyke, James Dean, James Caan, Jack Nicholson, Anthony Hopkins, Harrison Ford, Clint Eastwood, Sean Connery. Tom Hanks, Tommy Lee Jones, - TV Shows:
Smallville,
WWE,
I Love Lucy,
The Dick Van Dyke Show,
Intervention,
Dog the Bounty Hunter,
Law & Order,
CSI - Music:
Everything and Anything!
Pop, Classical, Country, Hip Hop, Rock, Alternative, Techno, Oldies, R&B, etc. - Websites:
Zinch
Collegeboard
Fastweb
Myspace
FIRSTrobotics - Quotes:
"Live your life, Love your life, and Life will be lovely."
"Dream as if you'll live forever; live as if you'll die tomorrow."
- Books:
The Alchemist, The Kite Runner, Night, The House on Mango Street, Romeo and Juliet, etc
