Distinguished Young Women participants come from all walks of life, but they have one thing in common: the desire to succeed. Below are the Distinguished Young Women of Cerritos-Artesia participants for the Class of 2023.
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High School:
College Preference: UCLA, UCI, UCSB, UCSD, USC
Career Goals: Medicine
Talent:
High School: orange county school of the arts
College Preference:
Career Goals: architect
Talent: dance
High School: Gretchen Whitney High School
College Preference: East Coast School
Career Goals: Biomedical Engineer
Talent: Singing (Photograph, by Ed Sheeran)
High School: Gretchen Whitney High School
College Preference: Brown
Career Goals: Physician
Talent: Indian Classical Dance (Breathless, by Shankar Mahadevan)
High School: Whitney High School
College Preference: UCLA, Stanford, NYU, UCSD
Career Goals: Forensic Psychology, Law, Media
Talent: Dramatic Film Monologue (The Notebook, by Jan Sardi)
High School: Whitney High School
College Preference: USC, UCSD, UCLA, UCI
Career Goals: accountant, teacher
Talent: Vocal
High School: Gretchen Whitney High School
College Preference: University of Southern California
Career Goals: Biomedical Engineer
Talent: Bollywood Dance (Sweety Tera Drama, Laal Ghagra, by Dev Negi, Pawni A Pandey, Shraddha Pandit (Sweety Tera Drama), Herbie Sahara (Laal Ghagra))
High School: Cerritos High School
College Preference: UC Berkeley
Career Goals: Pediatrician
Talent: Musical Instrument ("Here Comes the Sun", by The Beatles)
High School: Whitney High School
College Preference: UCSD, UCLA, USC, Carnegie Melon University, UPENN
Career Goals: Computer Science and Business
Talent: Bollywood Dance ("Raajavadi Odhni", by Pritam Chakraborty)
High School: Gretchen Whitney High School
College Preference:
Career Goals:
Talent: singing
High School: Cerritos High School
College Preference: UCLA
Career Goals: Business, Finance
Talent: Singing (Favorite Crime, by Olivia Rodrigo)
High School: Whitney High School
College Preference: UCLA, UC Berkeley, Brown University
Career Goals: Pediatrician
Talent: Kathak Classical Fusion Dance ( Song, by Shreya Ghosal )
High School: Gretchen Whitney High School
College Preference: Community college, then study abroad or out-state.
Career Goals: Urban/city planning, architecture
Talent: Thai Mixed Martial Arts
High School: Gretchen Whitney High School
College Preference: UCs
Career Goals: Doctor
Talent: Piano ("Nuvole Bianche", by Ludovico Einaudi)
High School: Gretchen Whitney High School
College Preference: UCI, Azusa Pacific, West Coast, Uni CSUF, CSULB
Career Goals: Registered Nurse (Nursing)
Talent: Singing (Bakit Pa, by Jessa Zaragoza)
High School: Gahr Highschool
College Preference: Whitter College
Career Goals: Counselor
Talent: Monologue
High School: Gretchen Whitney HS
College Preference: UCI
Career Goals: Medicine
Talent: Bollywood Dance (Aaja Nachle, by Sachin-Jagar, Neha Kakkar, Darshan Raval)
High School: Gretchen Whitney High School
College Preference:
Career Goals:
Talent: Monologue
High School: Gretchen Whitney High School
College Preference: Duke/Berkeley
Career Goals: Major: Sociology or STEM, Minor: PR/Comms
Talent: Hip-Hop Fusion