DAILY NEWS PEOPLE : ELIZABETH DELSHAD.Elizabeth Delshad is definitely not your typical high school student. In school, she excels in every subject imaginable. Now finishing her senior year at Calabasas High School Calabasas High School is a four-year high school, freshman-senior, in Calabasas, California, United States. Calabasas High School, which serves portions of Calabasas and the West Hills, Los Angeles, California section of Los Angeles, is one of three high schools in the Las , Elizabeth has received top honors in English, Spanish, mathematics and life science, as well as the all-encompassing Super Senior Award. She also has received the Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. Science Award, the California Scholarship Federation Started in 1921 by Charles F. Seymour, the California Scholarship Federation, or CSF, seeks to recognize students living in the state of California who possess high standards in academic scholarship, community service and citizenship. Gold Seal, the advanced placement scholarship with honors and the Calabasas Mayor's Award. She is a national merit scholar and a University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. , Alumni Scholarship state finalist. Oh yeah, and she is the valedictorian of her class. Outside the classroom (yes, there's more), she is a volunteer at the Motion Picture & Television Hospital, the vice president of her school Interact program and is active in her school's Earth Club, which helps beautify the city. She also is a member of the Calabasas Teen Advisory Committee. AGE: 18 RESIDENCE: Woodland Hills BORN AND RAISED IN: Born in Auburn, Maine Auburn is a city in and the county seat of Androscoggin CountyGR6, Maine, United States. It is one of two principal cities of and included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan New England City and Town Area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine , and then moved to Minnesota. In first grade, her family moved to the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . VOLUNTEERISM: Over the past two years, Delshad has given 250 hours of her time to sit and talk with the patients at the Motion Picture & Television Hospital, go for walks with them, and share some love. Her brother, Jonathan, also has completed 250 volunteer hours at the hospital. Through Interact, she has participated in such events as the AIDS Walk AIDS Walk is a walkathon fundraiser that raises money to combat the AIDS epidemic. The funds raised from AIDS Walks usually benefit a local AIDS service organization (such as Gay Men's Health Crisis or the AIDS Project Los Angeles), which provide services and advocacy for local . She and her Earth Club friends have cleaned Calabasas Creek, started a recycling program at her school and have cleaned graffiti off city property. Last summer, she volunteered at the Tarzana Rehabilitation Center as a translator of Farsi, Spanish and Hebrew. HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED: Older friends were involved in Interact, and she thought it would be fun to help. She wound up enjoying volunteer work so much, she took on all of her activities. WHY DO YOU VOLUNTEER: ``It makes a difference. People really appreciate it.'' BIGGEST DILEMMA: ``I'm going to be dorming at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . I'm leaving home. I'm growing up and don't really want to think about it.'' MOST DIFFICULT DAILY TASK: ``Finding enough time to do everything. I tutor, take an after-school class in sports medicine sports medicine, branch of medicine concerned with physical fitness and with the treatment and prevention of injuries and other disorders related to sports. Knee, leg, back, and shoulder injuries; stiffness and pain in joints; tendinitis; "tennis elbow"; and and have these commitments everywhere else.'' FAVORITE DAILY TASK: ``I like tutoring. Every day I tutor, a new person comes in. Every day I meet new people. When I tutor I learn more about the subject.'' BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: ``That I didn't get into sports. I would have liked to get into swimming or track.'' GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Delshad was in Israel for two weeks along with 40 other kids from around the world. They were on national television and were able to meet the president of Israel. ``I was in the national Bible contest and got to represent the United States in Israel in the international contest.'' GOALS FOR THE FUTURE: ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if I am going into medicine, law, media. I want a job where you are always in contact with people, not just sitting behind a desk. As long as I make a difference. Right now I am in Amnesty International Amnesty International (AI,) human-rights organization founded in 1961 by Englishman Peter Benenson; it campaigns internationally against the detention of prisoners of conscience, for the fair trial of political prisoners, to abolish the death penalty and torture of .'' WHO RELIES ON YOU THE MOST AND WHO YOU RELY ON: ``I know I rely on my family the most. When I need them most is on the little things.'' ROLE MODELS: ``I admire Hillary Clinton. She is a woman who went so far. She is not afraid to go to different countries and speak out for women's rights The effort to secure equal rights for women and to remove gender discrimination from laws, institutions, and behavioral patterns. The women's rights movement began in the nineteenth century with the demand by some women reformers for the right to vote, known as suffrage, and . Sometimes I think, `Wow, I want to be an ambassador' '' HOW DO YOU DEFINE SUCCESS?: ``As long as I feel that I worked hard and got something out of it. If I got an A on a test, but it is a really easy test, no big deal. But if I got a B on a really hard test, it's more of a success.'' FAVORITE VALLEY HANGOUTS: ``I go to the Topanga Plaza and try on clothes; the really fancy clothes.'' FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: ``I really like to play tennis. I play with my friend; we're not that good but it is a lot of fun.'' WHAT WOULD BE A PERFECT DAY FOR YOU?:``When I have something to look forward to. If we are going to go on a trip the next day, or if there is someone's birthday party, I get excited a long time before.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Award winner Elizabeth Delshad, center, with her family, father Nemet, left, grandmother Shoukat, sister Rebecca, mother Parvin and brother Jonathan. Phil McCarten/Daily News |
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