Atlantic High School

Jaden Browning is graduating with honors from Suncoast High School, an all-magnet public high school, from the Math/Science/Engineering (MSE) program. This curriculum included two sciences per year, accelerated math classes including the highest-level courses available in the county, onsite Dual Enrollment classes and Advanced Placement classes for electives and core requirements. He placed in the top 1% for the SAT and ACT scores, and is a National Merit Scholar Finalist. Over the course of the past 4 years at Suncoast, Jaden has been involved in numerous clubs like National Honor Society, Math Honor Society (MAO), Key Club, Chess Club, Gaming Competitions Club, and Computer Science Club. In his senior year, he was treasurer of MAO, president of Academic Games, and historian/public relations officer of Science Honor Society. He won the Albert Einstein Thinker Award and numerous National and State tournament placements for Academic Games. Jaden is a second degree black belt in Taekwondo and played flag football for the WCFL, where he also coached younger divisions. He works at Code Ninja Wellington and had various summer internships. This past summer, he was selected to conduct independent research on soil science with Professor Stuart Belli at Vassar College. He has completed the US Space Academy program, Future Presidents of America, and University of Michigan's Math and Science Scholars program in Forensic Physics. Jaden will be enrolling as a Chemistry major in the Fall of 2024 at the University of Florida, and was accepted into the highly-selective Honors Program.

My name is Stefani Carvalho and I’m from Boca Raton, FL. I’m so excited to be a Gator and a recipient of the Gator Scholarship. I am majoring in biology on a pre-med track! Go Gators!

Jordan Guarneri is graduating from Jupiter High School ranked 4th in her class with a GPA of 3.98 and a HPA of 5.4. Jordan lettered in both indoor varsity volleyball and beach volleyball, serving as a captain on both of those teams. Jordan has earned her AICE Dipolma and has been recognized as an AP Scholar with Distinction. In high school, Jordan served as her DECA chapter president, and was a state finalist and international qualifier for the organization. She started the pickleball club at her school, and was vice president of Key Club and National Honor Society. Jordan is a part of 5 different honor societies including, National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Social Studies Honor Society, Math Honor Society, and National Technical Honor Society. Outside of school Jordan has started a charitable organization called Pickleball in Paradise that hosts local pickleball tournaments to raise money for partnering non-profit organizations. She plans to major in data science with a minor in actuarial science at the University of Florida so that she can become an actuary.

Hello! My name is Amanda Kuznetz and I was born in Wellington, Florida. I went to high school at Palm Beach Central High School and am now a Gator! I am majoring in political science but in the future I plan to double major. All four years of high school I was class president which had me working on various events. Alongside this, I participated in debate all 4 years and earned the Degree of Excellence in the National Speech and Debate Association. During my senior year, I held a social media and community outreach coordinator for the National English Honor Society and I was Vice President for Environmental Honor Society. Overall, I am excited to take my skills from high school and apply it to my future at UF!

Cecelia Oneid was accepted into the University of Florida for Microbiology and Cell Science on a pre-medical track. Throughout her time at Jupiter High School, she held multiple leadership titles such as Class of 2024 Vice President, Yearbook Editor-in-Chief, and Green Team Vice President. As a student in the medical academy at Jupiter, Cecelia became EKG and CPR certified. She is also a three-year varsity member of the cheerleading team, where she was named a Regional Champion, State-Runner up, and National Finalist. Additionally, the Universal Cheerleading Association has awarded Cecelia with multiple All-American titles, a Spotlight on Spirit award, and a Fearless Leader award. Cecelia ranked in the top 30 of her class of about 650 students, placed third in the Palm Beach Post Pathfinder Awards for the sports category, received her AICE Diploma with Merit, and is an AP Scholar. She hopes to one day attend medical school and become a doctor.

Nayeli Perez was born in Mexico, but migrated to South Florida at the age of 1 and a half. She is a first generation Mexican student who will be graduating from Pahokee High School as an International Baccalaureate Diploma candidate and the secretary of the class of 2024. Over the course of the past 4 years at Pahokee High School, Nayeli has been involved in numerous clubs like FTC Robotics, SECME, Spanish Honor Society, National Honor Society, Student Government, Debate Club, DreamCatcher's, Chess club, and Boys and Girls Club where she’s president of many of them. She’s also the captain of all varsity sports she has played: volleyball, soccer, softball, and bowling. Her greatest achievement is being involved in the development of a non-invasive hydro pulsion lithotripsy system that breaks down and removes kidney stones from astronauts in space. This achievement was recognized by NASA, which resulted in a summer internship at the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory and Urology department. During this, she worked alongside developers of the invention like Dr. Michael R. Bailey and Dr. Wessells. Nayeli will be enrolling as a Mechanical Engineering major in the Summer of 2024 at the University of Florida.

Hi, my name is Ella Prince and I will be attending UF in the fall as a Health Science major on a Pre-Med track. I graduated second in my class as salutatorian at West Boca Raton High School. In the future, I plan on going to medical school and becoming a doctor that focuses in either sports medicine, genetics, or neonatology.

I am graduating from Jupiter High School and am in the top 3% of my class. I have a 4.0 GPA and a 5.25 HPA. I earned the Cambridge AICE Diploma and AP Scholar award. I lettered in beach volleyball and indoor volleyball. My team went to states for indoor volleyball my senior year and I was selected for the Palm Beach Post All-County First Team that year. This year, I was the president/founder of the Beach Volleyball Club at my high school and apart of the Blood Drive Committee. I was also apart of National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, National Technical Honor Society, and National Art Society. I have over 300 community service hours from volunteering as a camp counseling at St. Jude Catholic Church and the Town of Jupiter Volleyball camp over the summer. I was apart of the medical academy at my high school, and hope to continue my career in medicine by majoring in biology at the University of Florida.

I’m Sofía Rubio and i’m graduating in the top 3% of my class from Wellington Community High School. I ended with a 3.9 GPA and a 5.1 HPA. I earned my Cambridge AICE diploma and took various types of college level classes. These varied between Palm Beach State classes, AICE classes and AP clases. I participated in clubs throughout high school, those being NHS, HOSA, Science National Honors Society, and Environmental Club. This year I was the Environmental Club president and was able to conduct various beach cleanups throughout the year. I was in the DECA program and attended competitions as well. I rode horses my first three years of high school, and then ended my last year with a job. I also volunteered at an animal hospital on and off throughout my four years. I’m going to UF somewhat undecided, i’m stuck between medicine and business as i have an interest in both. I’m excited to start my college journey in the summer! Go Gators!!

Brooke Schwartz is graduating in the top 2% of her class at Park Vista Community High School with an unweighted GPA of 3.95 and a weighted GPA of 5.07. Brooke has earned her AICE diploma and has been recognized as an AP Scholar. Throughout high school, Brooke has been committed to many clubs and honor societies, including HOSA, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, National English Honor Society, Rho Kappa, and National Technical Honor Society. Along with this, Brooke has been a sideline cheerleader for the past three years and has over 1,000 total volunteer hours. Outside of school, Brooke volunteers as a teacher's assistant at her local Hebrew school and is the president of her Jewish youth group. Brooke is currently planning to major in Applied Physiology and Kinesiology on a pre-med track. Brooke is overjoyed to be a member of Gator Nation!

My name is Vishal Vittal, and I will be attending the University of Florida to study Computer Engineering to become a robotics engineer. In my free time I love exercising, doing competitive programming, and helping out my community at my local hospital. Go Gators!