Meet the scholarship recipient: Adriana Baroud

Fun fact: She has been dancing since the age of 3.

Adriana will graduate from John Hersey High School with a 3.56 grade point average earned while enrolled in a heavy load of Advanced Placement & Honors classes. She has also been a member of the cheerleading team, the Orchesis dance team, the Service Over Self volunteer club, the Scrubs Medical Club, and a teacher aide. Her science teacher states: “She is not only a successful scholar, she is also an extremely caring and thoughtful person—one who combines her knowledge, study habits, determination and compassionate personality to accomplish her goals.” Adriana will be majoring in Astronomy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.