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Busy Belles Summer 2018

September 28, 2018 / / 0 Comments

Not content to rest on their laurels, many of our Belles were busy with a wide array of camps, programs, and volunteering across the country this summer. Over 50 students used their time away from campus to broaden their horizons, make new friends, and enrich their SMA experience.

Locally, students participated in programs like Camp Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), USC’s Diversity in Health Care Leadership summer enrichment program, Camp Neuro at USC, Cinemagic film making, Charles R. Drew University Science Day, Design Immersion Days at Southern California Institute of Architecture,  work experience at Payden & Rygel, the Envision Medical Program at UCLA, Sports Medicine Camp at Mira Costa High School, shadowing at MLK Hospital, and volunteering at hospitals like Providence Little Company of Mary, Cedars Sinai, Ronald Regan Hospital, Kaiser Permanente West L.A., and St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood.

SMA student athletes honed their skills in camps for soccer, Indoor, and Beach Volleyball, and several of our basketball players traveled to Kentucky, Georgia, and Arizona for tournaments.

Girls in the Economics for Leadership program got a chance to participate in workshops and classes within the program on the following university campuses: UC Santa Barbara, Oberlin College, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Washington University, Brown University, Rice University, and University of Washington.

Other programs our Belles joined include National Youth Leader Forum: Medicine at UC Berkeley, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s Engineering Possibilities in College, Just the Beginning Law Program at Loyola Marymount University, the University of Colorado Denver’s CAP ACE summer camp, Create Summer at Sacramento State University, Black Girls Lead at Columbia University, and even volunteering at clinic in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Let’s hear it for our Busy Belles, and celebrate their many wonderful accomplishments:

Udoka Abada ’19- Economcs For Leadershop, WashingtonUniversity

Danielle Adeniji ’20- Economics for Leadership, Brown Univesity

Samael Al-Alim ’21- Cinemagic

Morgan Betts ’22- Indoor Club, Volleyball

Kimberly Casarez ’19- EPIC– Engineering Possibilities in College, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Raqeul Ceron ’19- Volunteeer at MLK Hospital

Isr’ael Conerly ’19- Volunteer at Providence Little Company Of Mary Hospital

Alexis Cortez ’19- Camp CHLA & Volunteer at Providence Little Company Of Mary Hospital

Kaliah Davis ’20- Economics for Leadership, UC Berkley

Olivia Dixon ’20- Volunteer at Kaiser Permanente, Baldwin Hills

Elizabeth Elliott ’21- Basketball Tournaments in Kentucky, Georgia, Arizona and Los Angeles

Raylyn Fergerson ’22- Basketball Tournaments in Kentucky, Georgia, Arizona and Los Angeles

Lesley Flores ’21- LMU, Just the Beginning, Law Program

Terrianne Furlough ’20- LMU, Just the Beginning, Law Program

Nayeli Gomez ’20- National Youth Leader Forum: Medicine, Berkeley & Work Experience at Payden and Rygel

Isabella Gonzales ’21- Basketball Tournaments in Kentucky, Georgia, Arizona and Los Angeles

Monica Gonzalez ’19- Cinemagic

Araceli Gonzalez-Herrera ’20- Economics for Leadership, UCLA

Angelique Hale ’19- Economics for Leadership,  Rice University & Camp CHLA & Volunteer at Kaiser Permanente, West LA

Kayce Hansford ’19-  Volunteer at Westchester Convalscent Home

Alyssa Harding ’20- Economics for Leadership, UC Berkley

D’Ajah Hayes ’19- Cinemagic

Karla Jordan ’20- Clinic Volunteer in Guadalajara, Mexico

Heaven Joseph ’19- Design Immersion Days at SCI-Arc

Meron Kahsai ’19 CAP ACE Summer Camp, University of Colorado, Denver

Zainab Kashim ’19 Camp CHLA

Oceanna Lenon ’19- Create Summer Academy,  Sacramento State University & Cinemagic

Retha Little ’19- Basketball Tournaments in Kentucky, Georgia, Arizona and Los Angeles & Volunteeer at MLK Hospital

Jasmine Love ’19- Teen Volunteer Program at Cedars Sinai & Charles R. Drew University Science Days

Ashley Mancia ’19- EPIC– Engineering Possibilities in College, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Briseida Marquez ’21- Cinemagic

Trinity May ’20- Beach Volley Ball

Imani McGregory ’19- Basketball Tournaments in Kentucky, Georgia, Arizona and Los Angeles & Volunteer at Cedars Sinai, Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Facility

Leslie Melendez ’19- Economics For Leadership, Oberlin College & SEP Program, USC & Sports Medicine Program, Mira Costa High School

Victoria Miranda ’19- Economics For Leadership, UC Santa Barbara

Amarri Moody ’19- Volunteer at Kaiser Permanente, West LA

Mia Muir ’20- Black Girls Lead at Columbia Univesity & Beach Volley Ball

Bethael Mulugeta ’19 Volunteer at Kaiser Permanente, West LA

Daniela Ortega ’20- Envision Medical Program, UCLA & Camp Neuro, USC & Camp Cardiac, USC

Rebecca Pozos ’19- Create Summer Academy, Sacramento State University & Volunteer at Kaiser Permanente, West LA

Frida Santiago ’19- Volunteer at Ronald Reagan Hospital , UCLA

Alexza Tejeda ’19- Sports Medicine Camp, Mira Costa High School

Giuliana Toscano ’19- Volunteer at Providence Little Company Of Mary Hospital

Jaslyn Usher ’22- Indoor Club, Volleyball

Demilynn Vazquez ’21- Cinemagic & Work Experience at Payden and Rygel

Nicole Washington ’19- Envision Health Career Leadership Program, UCLA

Elycia Wright ’21- Basketball Tournaments in Kentucky, Georgia, Arizona and Los Angeles & Volunteer at St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood

 

And these are just the Belles that shared information!  Keep it up Belles!!!!!!

Engineering Summer Enrichment Programs

May 17, 2018 / / 0 Comments

This summer six of our Belles will be attending engineering enrichment programs across the country!  The scholarships total about $9,400 for all attending (this includes tuition, transportation, room & board, food, etc). Four students applied through the ACE Mentorship Program.  ACE partners with 20 schools throughout the Southern California region and mentors over 300 students. Having four of our Belles chosen from ACE is very impressive. Two students that will be attending the EPIC (Engineering Possibilities in College) Summer program at San Luis Obispo were also given scholarships. There were over 1,000 applicants to that summer program, so it was quite competitive.  We’re so proud of our engineering students for putting themselves out there and using their summer vacation to further their education!

Rebecca Pozos and Oceanna Lenon

Rebecca and Oceanna will be attending CREATE Summer Academy in Sacramento.  Students from across California will come together to experience a six-day, five-night camp that exposes them to careers in construction, re-development, engineering, architecture, and the trades. Students will design and build a project for a local nonprofit, complete a needs assessment, meet industry executives, tour active job sites, explore Sacramento, and stay on a university campus.  Thank you to ACE for providing the scholarships for these two students, including transportation.

Heaven Joseph

Heaven will be attending Design Immersion Days at SCI-Arc this summer.  DID is an immersive four-week summer program that introduces high school students of varying backgrounds to the academic and professional world of design and architecture.  Participants are offered the opportunity to explore careers in architecture and design or simply satisfy deep curiosities about how products, buildings, and environments are designed and made. The culmination of the DID program is a one-day comprehensive portfolio workshop, which is designed to introduce beginning design students to the concepts, techniques, and strategies necessary to complete a successful design portfolio.  Thank you to both ACE and SCI-Arc for providing scholarships for this program.

Meron Kahsai

Meron will be attending CU Denver CAP ACE summer camp. She’ll be joining the College of Architecture and Planning for a week-long residential summer camp at the University of Colorado Denver. Faculty from CU Denver’s architecture program will lead an investigation in design, digital fabrication, and sustainability. Students will build from their own design and get to know other students from ACE Mentor programs in the West. Campers will stay at Campus Village, CU Denver student housing. They will use the Design Fabrication Lab and studio spaces at the College of Architecture and Planning. Undergraduate Admissions will host a presentation about applying to CU Denver, so students leave camp with an understanding of what it takes to become a CU Denver student. Thanks to ACE for providing a scholarship for tuition and transportation.

Ashley Mancia and Kimberly Casarez

Ashley and Kimberly will be attending EPIC summer program at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.  EPIC– Engineering Possibilities in College – is a one-week summer camp that introduces campers to the varied fields of engineering through hands-on labs taught by university professors and industry professionals.  EPIC campers see “Learn by Doing” in action as they participate in labs where they design, build, and test their own projects! Campers build rockets, create Android phone apps, develop a solar car, and learn about computer security. EPIC shares the College of Engineering’s mission to “educate students for careers of service, leadership, and distinction in engineering or other fields by using a Learn by Doing, hands-on approach.”  Thank you to EPIC for providing scholarships for these students.

 

We’re so proud of ALL of these Belles and can’t wait to hear about their experiences this summer when we return. Thank you again to ACE for providing such great mentorship and fantastic opportunities for our students.  Here’s the presentation from the ACE Student Presentation Day and Scholarship Award Ceremony on May 12, 2018.  Our Belles presented a new SMA campus!

 

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Busy Belles Summer 2017

September 15, 2017 / / 0 Comments

As always our Belles were busy, busy, busy this past summer .  Check out some of the exciting and enriching things they were up to:

Jailen Hewitt, Gold Tie ’18

Jailen volunteers with Kaiser Permanente West LA every Saturday working in the Family Child Center. She did some volunteer work at the Junior Blind Center doing data entry.  She also volunteered at the St. Joseph’s Center in Venice as a social work intern helping feed the needy and also helping out in child care.  She went on 2 college tours, EST BLACK COLLEGE TOUR, where she visited Bennett, Clark Atlanta, Howard, Spelman, Norfolk, Hampton & North Carolina AT&T, and also visited a few landmarks.  Her second college tour was in northern California with the UCLA Richard Riordan Business Program to UC Berkeley and Stanford  were she also got to tour Google & Survey Monkey.  Wow, what a jam packed summer!

Jessica Laar, Gold Tie ’18

Jessica worked a six week paid internship at Kaiser Permanente  in West Los Angeles, CA. The program is called Kaiser Permanente L.A.U.N.C.H. High School Summer Youth Employment Program.  L.A.U.N.C.H. is short for for Learn About Unlimited New Careers in Healthcare.

Jessica also participated in the C.S.J. Leadership Conference at Mt. St. Mary’s University, Doheny Campus in Los Angeles, CA in June.

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Busy Belles

September 12, 2016 / / 0 Comments

Our students were very busy this summer.  Check out some of the exciting things they did:

 

Green Tie, Victoria Bravo ’17, inspects M-2 .50-caliber headspace and timing gages during a summer internship at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division. Summer interns, identified through programs at area schools and colleges, provide NSWC Corona with opportunity to identify and develop potential candidates for future technical positions. (U.S. Navy photo by Greg Vojtko/Released)

 

Mike Lortz, Measurement Science and Technology Laboratory Dimensional Metrology technician, seated center, demonstrates inspection techniques to summer intern Green Tie, Amy Pinto-Quintanilla ’17 (left), at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division. Summer interns, identified through programs at area schools and colleges, provide NSWC Corona with opportunity to identify and develop potential candidates for future technical positions. (U.S. Navy photo by Greg Vojtko/Released)

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