Joshua Hernandez's student profile

Joshua Hernandez

Huntington Park College Ready Academy Hs Class of 2010

HUNTINGTON PARK, CA

www.zinch.com/joshua-hernandez-4

I come from a well cultured family and have been raised to be extremely aware of current events and extremely opinionated. My fundamental goal in life is not only to succeed academically, but also impact the world, if only a small portion, in a positive way. This is the reason that I am striving to become a humanitarian lawyer. My interests include: dancing, poetry, art, long distance running, american football, human rights, and Street Fighter Alpha 3.

Extracurricular

Students Run Los Angeles (SRLA)

Conditioning for the Los Angeles Marathon

Current Chief and Former Copy Editor of the school newspaper, La Voz del Jaguar

I am the former copy and current chief editor of the school newspaper, where I am responsible for various staff and for the composition and publication of the school newspaper.

Debate club/team

I won a Lincoln Douglas style debate tournament at school on the topic of the death penalty and was guarenteed a position on the debate team.

Chair on the Youth Commission of Huntington Park

Summer Scholars Enrichment Program at Ponoma College (SSEP)

I attended and will attend, for the duration of 1 month, an enrichment program at Pomona College where I took classes such as Advanced Mathematics, Critical Inquiry: Analyzing Societal Gender Roles, Introduction to Theory of Special Relativity, Analyzing

Scholarship member of the Hispanic National Bar Foundation

Was accepted to be a part of a scholarship/enrichment program with the Hispanic National Bar Foundation where am paired with a lawyer and guided throughout high school and college to potentially attend a law school.

Volunteered with the Business Improvement District of Huntington Park

Assisted in interacting with downtown shoppers and local businesses, and also proposed and developed a scholarship for local teens.

Organized a beach clean up for 100+ students and faculty

Worked with the Heal the Bay Foundation to organize a beach clean up in Marina del Rey

Composed a lesson plan of the negative affects of acid rain

Composed a lesson plan of the negative affects of acid rain and presented the lesson to a local elementary school.

Geometry Tutor

Tutored Geometry as a freshmen to two shophmores.

Summer Scholars Enrichment Program at Ponoma College (SSEP)

I attended and will attend, for the duration of 1 month, an enrichment program at Pomona College where I took classes such as Advanced Mathematics, Critical Inquiry: Analyzing Societal Gender Roles, Introduction to Theory of Special Relativity, Analyzing

Competed in the QuikSCience Marine Biology Challenge

Created various lessons plans to teach local middle and elementary students about the negative affects of acid rain, composed a survey to inform the publlic of its dangers, and presented the lesson plans top local elementary students

Chief/Copy Editor

Youth Commission

Member of the Youth Commission of Huntington Park where I organize city events and manage summer youth programs

Experience

Algebra 1 Tutor
Aspire Public Schools
2008 to
Tutors middles school students in all levels of math, as well in some physical sciences

Education

High School

Huntington Park College Ready Academy Hs

Honors & Awards

1161 1522 Named "one of the best high school writers" by zinch.com

Specialties & Skills

Out of over 500 applicants, I was chosen as one of 30 to be an official blogger for zinch.com!!

Info

Basic

Last Update:
November 3, 2010
Birthday:
September 5
Religious:
Catholic

Background

Ethnicity:
Hispanic or Latino
Heritage:
Mexican
Fluent Language:
English // Spanish
First Gen Student:
Yes
Hometown:
HUNTINGTON PARK

Interests

Social Sciences

Favorites

Movies:
Juno,
Pan's Labyrinth,
"Euro Pudding",
Memoirs of a Geisha
TV Shows:
Naruto Shippuden,
Bleach, Grey's Anatomy (I'm a sucker for a good sob story *don't tell anyone), True Life, pretty much anything on PBS (documentary wise), and anything on the Food Network
Music:
Coldplay,
Kenna,
Mana,
Julieta Venegas
Weezer
Websites:
www.2dfighter.com;
www.facebook.com;
www.watchanimenow.com;
Quotes:
"In this world where classification is key, I want to erase the straight lines so I can be me."
-Staceyann Chin
Books:
Of Mice and Men,
The Diary of Anne Frank,
Cien Anos de Soledad-A Hundred Years of Solitude,
Brave New World,