Athletics

• ❄️JV Athlete, Nordic Ski Team | Eden Prairie High School, MN | 9, 10, 11

• Train & race in extreme weather conditions, mastering techniques for snow conditions & terrain. Contributed to a strong team culture and learned grit.

• Participated in practices, races, fundraising, and supporting teammates.

• Learned how to work hard towards a goal by training.

• Learned what supporting teammates and building a positive training environment means.

• 🏊Swim Team/ Club Swim | Eden Prairie, MN | 11, 12

• Worked hard to improve rapidly

• Voted by the team and coaches to earn the Spirit Award

• Learned how to lift up other teammates and create an environment where all feel supported.

• 🏃Cross Country Team | Eden Prairie High School, MN | 7, 8, 9

• Daily practice running many miles.

• Learned how to support other teammates while doing a difficult, individual sport.

• 🚣Rowing Team - Twin Cities Youth Rowing Club | Eden Prairie, MN | 9, 10

• Worked intensely w/ others to perfect technique and coordination. Rowed in 4- & 8-person shells. Trained indoors: ergs & strength training.

• Rowed outdoors on the lake in 4- and 8-person shells at practices and regattas.

• Trained indoors with ergs and strength training.

• Learned how to work with others towards a common goal.

School Involvement

• 🎵Choir | Eden Prairie, MN | 9, 10, 11, 12

• Ran Singing Valentines fundraiser (11,12) w/ 210 performances and Showcase Concert(11,12). Elected to Choir Council(10,12). Exemplary Choir Member(10).

• Elected by peers to the Choir Council.

• Earned “Exemplary Choir Member” award in 10th Grade.

• Attended choir tour trips to NYC and Chicago.

• Helped organize the Singing Valentines choir fundraiser - collecting money, organizing schedules.

• Regularly assist with tasks in the choir office.

• 🔬HOSA | Eden Prairie, MN | 9, 10, 11, 12

• Attended meetings and networking conferences to learn about local professionals, many new careers in healthcare, and new healthcare topics.

• Learned about many healthcare careers and opportunities.

• Attended networking conferences.

• 🔑Key Club / NHS / Link Crew | Eden Prairie, MN | 9, 11, 12

• Learned where in my community can use volunteer help.

• Volunteer extensively in my community, w/ food insecurity & youth. As Link Crew Leader, help HS freshmen navigate classes & clubs, build connections.

• Learned how to find volunteer opportunities.

• Volunteer often for and with the organization.

• Maintained “good standing” for the club.

• 🇪🇸Spanish Immersion

• Attended a Spanish Immersion elementary school, where teachers spoke to us in Spanish constantly. This required me to learn from context and become comfortable with not fully understanding things at first. I learned elementary math, early science concepts, and history all in Spanish.

• We also learned about the cultures of various Spanish-speaking countries. We had interns from those countries teach along with our main teachers and they were able to give us a more authentic understanding of people with backgrounds different from our own.

• As an aspiring physician, I plan to use my Spanish to work with Spanish-speaking patients.

Work

• 🎯Advocate, Target | Chanhassen, MN | 10, 11, 12

• Trained to work in many areas of the store to welcome guests, stock products, and help guests find what they need.

• Welcome & help guests, stock products. Trained as cashier, drive-up, beauty, style. Interact kindly and effectively with people in many situations.

• Responsible for welcoming guests, stocking products, and helping guests find what they need.

• Cross-trained in multiple areas: cashiering, drive-up, beauty, and style.

• Learned how to interact with coworkers and guests of all different backgrounds and attitudes.

• Learned how to manage my time to complete required tasks during a shift.

• 🚙Babysitting, Driving kids to activities | Chanhassen, MN | 10, 11, 12

• Babysit and drive kids to activities, ensuring safety. Improved patience and learned strong communication skills with kids and parents.

• Babysat kids at their home.

• Drove kids to their activities when parents were unable to.

• Improved patience and learned effective communication skills with kids and their guardians.

• 🥛Wait Staff, Summit Place Senior Living | Eden Prairie, MN | 9, 10

• Built relationships w/ residents during meals. Provided good customer service while taking/delivering meal & drink orders. Helped w/ set-up & clean-up.

• Welcomed and conversed with residents at their mealtime.

• Responsible for taking drink and meal orders and delivering them.

• Helped with set-up and clean-up.

• Learned how to provide good customer service to all different people.

Volunteering

• 🌲Spirit in the Pines Camp Counselor | Hackensack, MN | 10, 11, 12

• Completed extensive training. Take care of children ensuring needs are met and they feel cared for, managing interpersonal relationships between kids.

• Attended monthly Counselor trainings during the school year and in the summer responsible for a cabin of approximately 8 children all day and night for a week at a time.

• ✝️Sunday School Teacher | St Andrew Lutheran Church, Eden Prairie, MN | 11, 12

• Lead Pre-K & Kinder classes w/ co-teachers. Help kids interact positively & build relationships. Practiced solving interpersonal issues between kids.

• Lead the Preschool and Kindergarten classroom on Sunday mornings along with a co-teachers.

• Building relationships with the kids, helping them interact in a positive way.

• Leading the kids in the activities tied to the message of the day.

• Learned how to help kids stay engaged.

• Practiced skills of solving interpersonal issues between kids.

• ✝️St. Andrew High School Leadership Team | St Andrew Lutheran Church | 12

• Selected to help lead the church in connecting with the community around us across generations. Plan service projects, podcast, and monthly events.

• S.A.H.L.T is the abbreviation for St. Andrew High School Leadership Team! We are a group teens who want to help connect the community around us and all generations.

• We plan monthly events or service projects and podcast at least once a month where we talk about anything from navigating our faith in high school to daily life. 

Research

• 🔎Research and Design Class Project | Eden Prairie High School, MN | 11

• Designed/completed a study on how music impacts students’ concentration. Worked w/a mentor who researches speech-language pathology at UMinnesota.

• Working with a mentor who is researching speech-language pathology at the University of Minnesota.

• Designing and completing a study looking at how music impacts students’ concentration.

• Learning how to complete a scientific research project and how to think deeply about issues.

• 🔎Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team (SMAHRT) Summer Research Scholar | University of Wisconsin, Madison, MN | 9, 10, 11

• Through UW-Madison, completed independent research on social media and abortion. Presented at virtual poster session and fielded questions.

• Participated in a two-week research program and completed an independent research project with mentors and fellow scholars in the area of social media and adolescent health.

• Presented at a virtual poster session and fielded questions on my research and topic.

Medical Experiences

• ⚕️Brain and Behavior Seminar, University of Michigan Math and Science Scholars | 12

• Learned through lectures and activities about behavioral neuroscience. Created a game to educate children about hormones.

• ⚕️Protocol Auditing Assistant with Nurse | Richfield, MN | 11, 12

• Learned to audit anonymized patient charts. Assisted with writing reports for hospitals to improve their functioning.

• Learned how to audit anonymized patient charts for following of protocols.

• Assisted with writing reports that are sent to hospitals so that they may continue to improve their functioning.

• ⚕️INTC Nursing Conference | Minneapolis, MN | 10

• Attended International Transplant Nurses Society Midwest Heartland Chapter Annual Conference. Learned about new and ongoing research in transplant nursing.

• Attended the International Transplant Nurses Society Midwest Heartland Chapter Annual Conference.

• Learned about new and ongoing research in the field of transplant nursing.

• Made connections with potential employers and researchers.

• ⚕️Georgetown One Week Medical Academy | Georgetown University, Washington D.C. | 

• Participated in a week-long miniature medical school experience.

• Learned from lectures on many medical specialties.

• Participated in a week-long miniature medical school experience.

• Learned how Medical students study and memorize content and ideas.

• Engaged with new people and built new relationships.

• ⚕️Scrubs Camp | Bemidji State University, MN | 9, 10

• Participated in hands-on nursing labs. Visited teaching labs and nursing facilities.

• Participated in hands-on nursing labs.

• Visited teaching labs and nursing facilities.

• Learned about the field of nursing and Certified Nursing Assistants.