Hi, my name is Dawn! I am a senior at Walt Whitman High School and an aspiring neuroscientist, passionate about research and community service with a plan to major in neuroscience and minor in sociology in college. I am creative, collaborative, and driven--exemplified by 14 years of classical ballet training. I have performed in over 25 different shows for audiences over 500, as well as traveled across the country for various dance intensive programs upon admission by audition where I have learned from esteemed professional dancers. I also have community service experience in leading a dance class for children with disabilities as well as with the Medical Reserve Corps in distributing COVID-19 tests and vaccines. Building off of this, I also volunteered with the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children in the summer of 2019 as a global health intern in the rural Philippines. My responsibilities included taking basic health functions and helping local nurses with their duties. To continue to further my scientific interest, I also took two summer college-credit courses at American University: Neuroscience and Global Public Health.

• Student of college credit summer courses in Neuroscience and Global Public Health

  Medicine · American University

  Jan 2020 – Jan 2020

• Advocacy
• Politics
• Volunteering
• Philanthropy
• Entrepreneurship

• Dancing

  Varsity · 1 award

  2006 – Present

  Awards:

  Soloist roles

• Student

  Walt Whitman High School · Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other

  2019 – 2020

• Summer Intensive Student

  Kansas City Ballet Summer Intensive--immersive program for pre-professional dancers from all around the country · Dance

  2019 – 2019

• Summer Intensive Student

  The Washington Ballet Summer Intensive--immersive program for pre-professional dancers from all around the country · Dance

  2018 – 2018

• Drawer

  Independent · Drawing

  2014 – Present

  Productions:

  School-wide excellence in art award (2 students per grade of 500), Walt Whitman High School Arts Showcase

• Dancer, Performer

  Maryland Youth Ballet · Dance

  2006 – Present

  Productions:

  La Bayadere, Les Sylphides, Don Quixote, Les Etudes, Giselle , Tanquanamen Falls, The Nutcracker (8 years), --important to note that each performance has an audience of about 500 people

• Global Health Intern, working with nurses in a health clinic of the rural Philippines

  Volunteering · Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children

  2019 – 2019

  Mission:

  Pproviding healthcare to medically underserved families worldwide

• Dance Instructor to a class of children with disabilities, called Music and Motion

  Volunteering · Maryland Youth Ballet

  2018 – Present

  Mission:

  Leader of a ballet class for children with disabilities called Music and Motion

• COVID-19 vaccine and test distributer

  Volunteering · Maryland Responds Medical Reserve Corps

  2021 – Present

  Mission:

  Distributing COVID-19 tests and vaccinations