![Name: Alexandra Andrade —
Age: 17 —
High school: Citrus Hill High School —
GPA: 4.39 —
High School Activities or Groups: Varsity Volleyball
Leadership Program
National Honors Society
Early Academic Outreach Program
Varsity Swim Captain —
After Graduation/College Plans: Attend UC San Diego to study Cellular and Molecular Biology —
Career Goal: Health Care related field —
Parents: Jenny Jimenez and Christian Andrade
Name: Alexandra Andrade —
Age: 17 —
High school: Citrus Hill High School —
GPA: 4.39 —
High School Activities or Groups: Varsity Volleyball
Leadership Program
National Honors Society
Early Academic Outreach Program
Varsity Swim Captain —
After Graduation/College Plans: Attend UC San Diego to study Cellular and Molecular Biology —
Career Goal: Health Care related field —
Parents: Jenny Jimenez and Christian Andrade](/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SBS-IMG_3345-1.jpg?w=620)
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Name: Brenda Guzman-Reyes — Age: 17 — High school: Eisenhower Senior High School — GPA: 4.61 — High School Activities or Groups: Sobobans, Elite Eagles, Academic Decathlon — After Graduation/College Plans: Attend university to study chemical engineering or material science — Career Goal: Chemist working with textiles — Parents: Olivia Guzman Reyes, Jesus Guzman
Name: Manuel Perez-Bacaro — Age: 18 — High school: Eisenhower High School — GPA: 4.64 — High School Activities or Groups: Cross country, Track and Field — After Graduation/College Plans: After graduation I plan on attending to UC Irvine in majoring Criminal Justice — Career Goal: Looking to become a FBI agent — Parents:
Name: Daniel — Age: 17 — High school: Eisenhower High School — GPA: 4.85 — High School Activities or Groups: – Eisenhower Golden Eagle Marching Regiment – Ike’s Golden Gazette (school newspaper) – Eisenhower Afro-Latin Ensemble – Eisenhower Concert Band – Volunteer at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center – Soloist for Pace Percussion Ensemble — After Graduation/College Plans: I will be attending UCLA majoring in microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics on the premed track — Career Goal: Doctor (MD) — Parents: Jazmin Vega and Edward Vega
Name: Riley Orlando — Age: 17 — High school: Carter High School — GPA: 4.79 — High School Activities or Groups: Alpha Scholars Program, Alpha Scholars Mentorship Program, National Honors Society, ASB Commissioner of Technology — After Graduation/College Plans: I plan to attend the University of Notre Dame majoring in Biology — Career Goal: I’d like to go to medical school with the goal of becoming an orthopedic surgeon. — Parents: Blake and Megan Orlando
Name: Isabella Quinonez Pena — Age: 17 — High school: Wilmer Amina Carter High School — GPA: 4.76 — High School Activities or Groups: National Honors Society, ASB, ALPHA, DSAC, Scholars, Upward Bound, EAOP, French Club, Key Club — After Graduation/College Plans: After graduation I plan to go to UCLA, become an active member of the student body, join clubs, find an internship after I start my major classes, and eventually earn my masters degree. — Career Goal: My plans after college are to work in product management, product marketing, or start my own business. — Parents: Melissa Pena and Oswaldo Quinonez
Name: Kyle Allen — Age: 18 — High school: Citrus Hill High School — GPA: 4.44 — High School Activities or Groups: Leadership Baseball — After Graduation/College Plans: Attending UC San Diego to study Public Law — Career Goal: Lawyer — Parents: Mark and Sarah Allen
Name: Magdalena Figueroa — Age: 17 — High school: Citrus Hill High School — GPA: 4.09 — High School Activities or Groups: FFA Seal of Multiliteracy — After Graduation/College Plans: Vet School — Career Goal: — Parents: Francisco X. Figueroa & Magdalena Jiménez
Name: Issabela Aguayo — Age: 17 — High school: Citrus Hill High School — GPA: 4.23 — High School Activities or Groups: ASB National Honors Society International Baccalaureate Basketball Track and Field Sports Medicine FFA — After Graduation/College Plans: Attend UCR to major in Psychology — Career Goal: Pursue a career in Pediatric Psychiatry — Parents: Florida Meza
Name: Jorge Ponce — Age: 17 — High school: Citrus Hill High School — GPA: 4.16 — High School Activities or Groups: Cross country Track and field National Honors Society — After Graduation/College Plans: Attending the University of California, Irvine — Career Goal: Become a surgeon — Parents: Esmeralda And Diego Ponce
Name: Colin Ma — Age: 17 — High school: Redlands High School — GPA: 4.84 — High School Activities or Groups: President of BioMed Club, Boys Varsity Swim Team, Academic Decathlon, Volunteer at Arrowhead Medical Center, Intern at MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, State Honor for CM Panel Audition for Piano, Qualifed for AIME and USABO Final — After Graduation/College Plans: College of Medicine at Ohio State — Career Goal: Physician/Biomedical Researcher — Parents: Ruijin Ma, Fang Ren
Name: Kimberley Hill — Age: 17 — High school: grand terrace high school — GPA: 4.65 — High School Activities or Groups: National Honors Society, Volleyball, Key Club — After Graduation/College Plans: Attending University of California, Irvine and majoring in Nursing — Career Goal: to become a nurse practitioner — Parents: Kevin Hill and Beverly Hill
Name: Salvatore Anderson — Age: 18 — High school: Citrus Hill Highschool — GPA: 4.23 — High School Activities or Groups: Leadership Baseball — After Graduation/College Plans: Attending UC Davis for Animal Science — Career Goal: Veterinarian — Parents: Aaron Anderson & Sherri Anderson
Name: Alexandra Andrade — Age: 17 — High school: Citrus Hill High School — GPA: 4.39 — High School Activities or Groups: Varsity Volleyball Leadership Program National Honors Society Early Academic Outreach Program Varsity Swim Captain — After Graduation/College Plans: Attend UC San Diego to study Cellular and Molecular Biology — Career Goal: Health Care related field — Parents: Jenny Jimenez and Christian Andrade
Name: Ethan Nguyen-Khoa — Age: 17 — High school: Citrus Hill High School — GPA: 4.55 — High School Activities or Groups: Founder/President/Performer for Musical Memories (for seniors in memory care), ICU Volunteer, Teacher’s Assistant for Special Education Math, Camp Counselor for RAD Camp (program for those with disabilities), and Vice President of Biology Olympiad Club — After Graduation/College Plans: LSU — Career Goal: Healthcare — Parents: Maianh & Tim
Name: John C. Jerez Alvarez — Age: 17 — High school: Rialto High School — GPA: 4.64 — High School Activities or Groups: Key Club, Documentary Club, Chemistry Club, and MESA Senior Seminar Club. — After Graduation/College Plans: Attend UCSD and major in Chemical/Electrical Engineering — Career Goal: Engineering — Parents: Efrain Jerez and Vilma Alvarez
Name: Diego Cervantes-Franco — Age: 18 — High school: Jurupa Hills High School — GPA: 4.75 — High School Activities or Groups: International Baccalaureate Club, National Honor Society — After Graduation/College Plans: Attend UCLA and major in mechanical and aerospace engineering — Career Goal: Become an engineer — Parents:
Name: Leslie Bravo — Age: 18 — High school: Jurupa Hills High School — GPA: 4.7 — High School Activities or Groups: California Scholarship Federation, Feminist Club, Sexuality and Gender Alliance, Hispanic Latin Association, College Board Club — After Graduation/College Plans: Attend Stanford University, major in political science — Career Goal: Become a corporate or human rights lawyer — Parents:
Name: Wendy Phung — Age: 18 — High school: Henry J. Kaiser High School — GPA: 4.68 — High School Activities or Groups: Key Club, National Honor Society, CSF, Pi Club, ɫ̳paper Club, AVID — After Graduation/College Plans: Attend UCLA, major in biology — Career Goal: Attend medical school and become a surgeon — Parents:
Name: Michelle Reyes — Age: 18 — High school: Henry J. Kaiser High School — GPA: 4.79 — High School Activities or Groups: Key Club, Link Crew, CSF, AVID, EAOP, Book Club, ɫ̳paper Club, also had a job since junior year while volunteering at local church — After Graduation/College Plans: Attend Cal State San Bernardino, major in nursing — Career Goal: — Parents:
Name: Evelyn Arzate Benitez — Age: 18 — High school: Citrus Hill High School — GPA: 4.11 — High School Activities or Groups: Volleyball Leadership Early Academic Outreach Program — After Graduation/College Plans: Attend UC San Diego to study Astronomy and Astrophysics — Career Goal: Research — Parents: Eva Benitez and Eleazar Arzate
Name: George Payba — Age: 18 — High school: Redlands High School — GPA: 4.68 — High School Activities or Groups: I was a Link Crew Leader,I was the treasurer for the Redlands Robotics Club, I volunteered at Azulsa Indonesian-American Seventh Day Adventist Church and I was the treasurer for Redlands High School’s BioMed Club — After Graduation/College Plans: Major in computer science at UC San Diego — Career Goal: Have a successful career in Computer Science and help change the world around me. — Parents: Gina and George Payba
Name: Emily Montenegro — Age: 18 — High school: A.B. Miller High School — GPA: — High School Activities or Groups: Link Crew, Key Club (tech editor and secretary), yearbook (editor), the Multi-Cultural Union (president), Upward Bound, California Scholarship Federation, Diversify Our Narrative (chair lead), Google Code Next, Coding Cleb — After Graduation/College Plans: Claremont McKenna College — Career Goal: — Parents: Sonia and Andres Montenegro
Name: Jason Martinez — Age: 18 — High school: A.B. Miller High School — GPA: 4.4 — High School Activities or Groups: 75+ hours of community service, California Scholarship Federation — After Graduation/College Plans: Attend UC Riverside — Career Goal: — Parents: Brenda Moyen
Name: Julieta Gutiérrez Martín — Age: 18 — High school: Summit High School — GPA: 4.7 — High School Activities or Groups: 2023-24 Fontana Unified Student Board Member, Student Advisory and LACP Committees, Community Engagement Initiative, President of Pre-Med Club, Vice President of Calculus Club and Summit High TV-Production, Tennis, Academic Dec., Link Crew, AP Capstone — After Graduation/College Plans: Attend Stanford University — Career Goal: — Parents:
Caspio Wed, May 22, 10:49 AM (1 day ago) to me Name: Sebastian Castro — Age: 18 — High school: Summit High School — GPA: 4.57 — High School Activities or Groups: Yearbook editor, Link Leader, President of Chemistry Club, SkillsUSA, AP Capstone — After Graduation/College Plans: Attend UCLA, major in bio chemistry — Career Goal: — Parents:
Name: Lillian Serrano — Age: 18 — High school: Bloomington High School — GPA: 4.78 — High School Activities or Groups: Environmental Club and Best Buddies — After Graduation/College Plans: 2 years at Chaffey and then transfer — Career Goal: Educator — Parents: MaiXuan Serrano and George Serrano
Name: Riley Houser — Age: 18 — High school: Citrus Valley High School — GPA: 4.86 — High School Activities or Groups: National Charity League CIEE Study abroad Rome Latin Club Environmental Club Blockchain@CV Club Boys and Girls State Girls Hustle Harder Business Varsity Badminton CSF National Honors Society Peer tutoring — After Graduation/College Plans: Yale University; majoring in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis on Aerospace — Career Goal: Aerospace Engineer — Parents: Holly and Tim Houser
Name: Allison Gao — Age: 17 — High school: Chino Hills High School — GPA: 4.69 — High School Activities or Groups: Library volunteer, CHHS tutor, Link crew, Gardening club, Media and Art Appreciation Club, Coding Club, Numerous Priceless Opportunities (math club), Space club (I can go into more detail on these activities if needed) — After Graduation/College Plans: I’m heading to UCLA as a STEM major and am looking forward to joining clubs and maybe even pursuing research if I can. — Career Goal: Currently, I’m uncertain about my career goals at the moment. I’ve always wanted to work in the computational biology field furthering health science, but I also want to focus more on general computer science. — Parents: Mother: Song Yang; Father: Zhiqiang Gao; Their hard work is how I am able to be in such a fortunate position in the first place, and their love is an irreplaceable fuel for my life’s engine.
Name: Rosario Chavez — Age: 17 — High school: Chino High School — GPA: 4.6 — High School Activities or Groups: I participated in National Honor Society, Green Club, ROX, and was President of AP Club and Spanish Club. I also volunteered at the CVUSD Adult School’s Citizenship class. — After Graduation/College Plans: I will be attending Stanford University and I plan to major in Political Science and Spanish. — Career Goal: I want to become an immigration lawyer. — Parents: Francisco Chávez and María del Rosario Chávez
Name: Raja Saadiq-Saoud — Age: 17 — High school: Rialto High School — GPA: 4.64 — High School Activities or Groups: Student Journalism, Documentary Club, Cross Country, Key Club, Physics Club — After Graduation/College Plans: Attending Yale University studying mechanical engineering — Career Goal: Mechanical Engineer — Parents: Yusuf Saadiq-Saoud & Rachma Sarbi
Name: Isabella (Isa) Merideth — Age: 18 — High school: Citrus Valley High School — GPA: 4.5476 — High School Activities or Groups: Varsity tennis (captain), 3 years Varsity track, 2 years Varsity cross country, 1 year California Scholarship Federation member, 4 years Library peer tutor — After Graduation/College Plans: attend UCSB, English major — Career Goal: editor — Parents: Angela and Brent Merideth
Name: Amanda Kuzdal — Age: 18 — High school: Citrus Valley High School — GPA: 4.69 — High School Activities or Groups: French Culture Club Treasurer Computer Science Club Treasurer Love Without Limits President Run For God Member National Science Bowl Member CSF Member (4 years) NHS Member (4 years) JV Soccer — After Graduation/College Plans: Chemical Engineering at Arizona State University — Career Goal: Chemical Engineer — Parents: Christine Kuzdal, John Kuzdal
Name: Neda Shehub — Age: 18 — High school: Citrus Valley — GPA: 4.75 — High School Activities or Groups: French club Middle Eastern Student Union Best Buddies Key Club Soccer — After Graduation/College Plans: — Career Goal: — Parents:
Name: Samantha Fujiwara — Age: 18 — High school: Citrus Valley — GPA: 4.48 — High School Activities or Groups: ASB(6 year)-Executive Secretary Girl Scouts(13 year)-Gold, Silver, & Bronze Award National Charity League(6 year) Varsity Volleyball & Club Volleyball(5 year) Volleyball Coach(3 year) Published Children’s Illustrator RFUMC Youth Group CSF & NHS — After Graduation/College Plans: Attend USC School of Cinematic Arts majoring in Cinema and Media Studies and later transfer to majoring in Film and TV Production — Career Goal: Work on movie sets as a management position such a producer or director — Parents: Dustin Fujiwara and Heather Fujiwara
Name: Kevin Nguyen — Age: 17 — High school: Citrus Valley High School — GPA: 4.5651 — High School Activities or Groups: — After Graduation/College Plans: Attending UCI, Planning on getting into med school after graduating university — Career Goal: Radiologist — Parents:
Name: Ana Garcia Chavez — Age: 17 — High school: Citrus Valley High School — GPA: 4.53 — High School Activities or Groups: Environmental Club Treasurer: 3 yrs Pals-4-Paws Club: 3 yrs Peer Tutoring: 2 yrs East Highlands Ranch Volunteer: 2 yrs (90+ hours) AVID: 3 yrs CSF: 4 yrs NHS: 3 yrs Winter Guard First Lieutenant CSUSB World Language Award Recipient 2022-23 — After Graduation/College Plans: Majoring in Linguistics and Computer Science at UCLA — Career Goal: Working in Computer Modeling at NASA — Parents: Ariel Garcia and Claudia Chavez
Name: Jacob Shahatit — Age: 18 — High school: Citrus Valley High School — GPA: 4.61 — High School Activities or Groups: Blockchain At Citrus: Founder; President Spanish Club: Founder, President Speech and Debate: Vice President Gajo: User Behavioral Analyst Varsity Volleyball Captain Awana: Volunteer Japanese Language Abroad, Kyoto California Boys and Girls State — After Graduation/College Plans: UC Berkeley Regents Scholar Program, Majoring in Computer Science — Career Goal: Computer Scientist — Parents: Nader and Esther Shahatit
Name: Debra Cheng — Age: 18 — High school: Redlands high school — GPA: 4.833 — High School Activities or Groups: President of Speech and debate, Women’s health and safety advocacy club, and international culture connect. Also involved in the Redlands youth council, independent research studies and Arcadia’s city council elections — After Graduation/College Plans: Attending Brown’s BS/MD program (PLME) and accepted into Warren Alpert Medical school — Career Goal: Physician — Parents: Nancy and Wayne Cheng
Name: Brenda Guzman-Reyes — Age: 17 — High school: Eisenhower Senior High School — GPA: 4.61 — High School Activities or Groups: Sobobans, Elite Eagles, Academic Decathlon — After Graduation/College Plans: Attend university to study chemical engineering or material science — Career Goal: Chemist working with textiles — Parents: Olivia Guzman Reyes, Jesus Guzman
ExpandWe asked high schools across San Bernardino County and a portion of Los Angeles County to invite their valedictorians and top scholars to submit their photos and a little bit about themselves to celebrate their achievements as this senior year comes to a close. The following are the high school students who submitted their information, including after graduation plans, and their career goals.
Congratulations, graduates.