Laura Decorte
Follow messageCalifornia Lutheran University Class of 2014
SAN DIEGO, CA
I love to laugh, talk, and make people smile! :)
I love to help others, so I've fed the homeless and my family and I support kids in Africa. I'm active in my youth group and went to Mexico to build houses for the less-fortunate. I was on a robotics team for 3 years, and we went to the World Championships and won several awards. One of our main goals was to encourage girls to become more involved in engineering. I love doing well in school and focus a lot of my time and energy on getting good grades and learning as much as I can. I love little kids, so I was a Preschool Sunday School teacher during high school, where I devoted an hour a week to play with them. Now I'm in college and trying to pursue a career where God can use me to help and reach others. I want to change the world.
Currently I'm in college! I attend Cal Lutheran in California and am a French and Communications double major. My dream is to become the editor of a magazine! However I'm looking to transfer to another college for the fall, perhaps Biola University to pursue a degree in Journalism.
I love to help others, so I've fed the homeless and my family and I support kids in Africa. I'm active in my youth group and went to Mexico to build houses for the less-fortunate. I was on a robotics team for 3 years, and we went to the World Championships and won several awards. One of our main goals was to encourage girls to become more involved in engineering. I love doing well in school and focus a lot of my time and energy on getting good grades and learning as much as I can. I love little kids, so I was a Preschool Sunday School teacher during high school, where I devoted an hour a week to play with them. Now I'm in college and trying to pursue a career where God can use me to help and reach others. I want to change the world.
Currently I'm in college! I attend Cal Lutheran in California and am a French and Communications double major. My dream is to become the editor of a magazine! However I'm looking to transfer to another college for the fall, perhaps Biola University to pursue a degree in Journalism.
Extracurricular
- MUN
- Conferences on global issues representing a certain country each time.
- O Ambassadors Cambio Club
- Raising money for Latin America
- Youth group
- I go to my youth group where I grow in my faith and have fun with great role models.
- School Ambassador
- I gave tours of my high school and other things in coordination with visitors.
- Robotics
- Participated in an all-girls robotics team affiliated with FIRST Robotics, founded by Dean Kamen. Went to World Championships several times and won an award each time. We also tried to encourage younger girls to participate in engineering, a currently mal
- Helped run a workshop for young girls on stress.
- Workshop for a friend's silver award in Girl Scouts on stress.
- Helped clean up Qualcomm after the wildfires
- Helped clean up Qualcomm after the wildfires
- Robotics demonstrations
- Went to local fairs and to other places demonstrating our robotics to the younger kids.
- Church activities
- Helped with summer camps, etc.
- Youth Group Mexico House Building
- Went down to Tijuana and built houses for disadvantaged people there.
- Feeding the homeless
- Helped serve homeless people.
- Preschool Sunday School teacher
- Taught young children about Jesus Christ once a week for 9th, 11th, and 12th grade.
- Interned at the La Jolla Light
- I interned at the La Jolla Light newspaper where I wrote articles and did other tasks such as interviewing people and updating their online calendar.
- Vacation Bible Fun Week
- I volunteered at VBFW at my church, which is a week where kids come for about 4 hours a day and learn about Jesus.
- Acted in a musical
- I was an actress in the musical "High School Musical" in my local theater.
- RISE Robotics Founding Member
- Helped found RISE Robotics, a foundation to interest others into robotics and encourage and help underprivileged youth to participate in engineering.
- Model United Nations
- I am creating the website for this club.
- Church
- I helped with the preschoolers at my church.
- Preschool Sunday School
- Taught young preschoolers about Jesus Christ.
- Founding Member of RISE Robotics
- Helped found RISE Robotics, a foundation to interest others into robotics and encourage and help underprivileged youth to participate in engineering.
Experience
- Babysitter
- Take care of kids in my local community.
- Note taker
- HTHI
- 2007 to 2009
- Took notes for my classmates per request of the school.
- Ice Cream Scooper
- Ben and Jerry's (Restaurant-Food Services)
Honors & Awards
Innovative Award - World Championship for Robotics 2007
Inspire Award (multiple times) – FTC Robotics team 2007-2008
Motivate Award - World Championships for Robotics 2008
Novice HTH Model United Nations Conference Best Delegate (UNICEF) 2007
Special Commendation - City of San Diego 2007
Special Commendation - Council President Peters 2008
Inspire Award (multiple times) – FTC Robotics team 2007-2008
Motivate Award - World Championships for Robotics 2008
Novice HTH Model United Nations Conference Best Delegate (UNICEF) 2007
Special Commendation - City of San Diego 2007
Special Commendation - Council President Peters 2008
Specialties & Skills
I'm friendly, love helping others, am fluent in French and studied some Mandarin Chinese in high school. Proficient with computers - have used both PC and Mac computers and learned many computer programs such as Adobe Photoshop.
Info
Basic
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Last Update:
May 25, 2012
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Gender:
Female
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Birthday:
September 8
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Religious:
Presbyterian
Background
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Ethnicity:
Caucasian or White
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Citizenship:
US Citizen
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Fluent Language:
English // French
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Hometown:
SAN DIEGO
Interests
- Journalism & Communication
- Photography
Favorites
- Movies:
High School Musical, Twilight, Get Smart, Pink Panther 1 & 2
- TV Shows:
Psych, Chuck, Castle, Bones, NCIS
- Music:
Rock and Pop
- Websites:
Google, Facebook, Gmail
- Quotes:
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future."
- Books:
Cindy Ella, the Bible, Graceling, Christy Miller series
