Alondra De La Torre Ramirez

Awards

Extracurriculars

1. 1

   Varsity Lacrosse Captain, Morse High School

   Played varsity lacrosse all four years of high school and served as team captain senior year, leading the Morse Tigers

2. 2

   Varsity Soccer Captain, Morse High School

   Played varsity soccer all four years of high school and served as team captain senior year, leading the Morse Tigers

3. 3

   President, Environmental Club

   Led the school environmental club as president, organizing community events that exposed peers and the local community to environmental awareness and stewardship

4. 4

   Microbiology Research Student, UC Irvine

   Conducted microbiology research during a month-long residential summer program at UC Irvine, studying the gut microbiome and running a project that minimized probiotic concentration to optimize probiotic survival in the human stomach

5. 5

   Laboratory Assistant, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

   Assisted plant biology researchers as a laboratory assistant at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla over a summer, supporting hands-on lab work in a leading nonprofit research facility

6. 6

   Peer Mentor, First Gen Scholars

   Mentored first-generation, low-income high school students through the college application process as part of First Gen Scholars, a San Diego nonprofit helping students apply to and attend college debt-free; continued mentoring students after enrolling in college

7. 7

   Squared Fellow, San Diego Squared (SD2)

   Selected as a Squared Fellow with San Diego Squared (SD2), a STEM-diversity nonprofit, over an 11-month program; toured San Diego STEM companies (Personal AI, Tandem Diabetes, ASML, J