Joel Dominguez

Attending: UCONN

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Extracurricular Activities and Jobs Held:

• Sikorsky STEM Team Sheehan High School, September 2021 - Present: Solving realistic design challenges given by Sikorsky in Stratford, CT

• Adelante! America Spanish Community of Wallingford, September 2020 - Present: Volunteering and community building for the Latino community

• Esports Mario Kart Team Sheehan High School, December 2021 - Present: Starter every week. Qualified for playoffs 3 seasons in a row and finished 1st out of 225 teams in the Eastern Regional regular season for two seasons in a row

• Soccer Team Sheehan High School, 2019, 2021

• Stage Crew Sheehan High School, September 2021 - Present: Creating sets for the musicals and plays such as High School Musical, Les Misérables, Radium Girls and All Together Now

• Running Crew Sheehan High School, September 2021 - Present: Moving sets throughout the shows for Les Misérables, Radium Girls and All Together Now

• Math Team Sheehan High School, September 2022 - Present: Competing against other schools to solve complex math problems

• Community Revitalization Efforts of Wallingford(C.R.E.W) Sheehan High School, September 2021 - Present: Aiding the community of Wallingford in different forms from raking leaves to organizing clothes for people in need

• Cooking Club Sheehan High School, December 2021 - Present: Cooking new dishes for teachers and students
  Powderpuff Cheerleading Sheehan High School, September 2022 - November 2022: Cheering in the traditional Powderpuff game

• Environmental Clean-ups 2021 - 2022: Visiting different parks to clean up trash

• CT Stem Academy, August 2022 - Present: Teaching elementary and middle school students immersive STEM-based learning activities

Leadership Roles:

• President for Adelante! America

• Co-president and Lead CAD Designer for the Sikorsky Stem team

Hitika Patel

Attending: UCONN

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Extracurricular Activities and Jobs Held:

• BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir New Haven Youth Co-Coordinator: Participated in dances/skits, giving religious presentations, serving as mentor towards temple youth, involved in kitchen and decoration volunteering.

• President/Founder of Universal Unity: Multicultural support group that supports first-generation/immigrant teenagers through adjusting to society's dominant Americanized society. Hosted meetings of 12-15 students that gave them a comfortable and friendly environment.

• Wallingford Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee: Student Representative: Created purpose statement and organized a book meet & greet at local library.

• Physical Therapy Internship: Assisted in writing up patient's exercises/stretching routines

• Cross Country and Indoor Track

• Asian American Culture Club member

• Math Team member

• Yogi Foodmart, Wallingford CT: Gas Station Attendant

• Pramukh Foodmart, Wallingford CT: Gas Station Attendant

Leadership Roles:

• Youth Co-Coordinator BAPS New Haven

• Dance Coordinator BAPS New Haven

• Founder/President of Universal Unity

• Student Representative of Wallingford Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

Olivia Platt

Attending: TBD

Major: TBD

Extracurricular Activities and Jobs Held:

• Right At Home Agency Volunteer (Interviewed and journaled the lives of the elderly for the company's newsletter and assisted in visiting homecare patients with a nurse).

• Parks & Recreation Volunteer (Camp mentor for children with special needs and participated in ice skating for children with special needs).

• Wallingford Youth Soccer League - (T.O.P.S. program mentor to teach soccer to children with special needs and a youth boys assistant soccer coach).

• CREW Club (Leaf raking for the elderly on Veteran's Day and helping set up the Trail of Terror).

• Moses Y. Beach Elementary School (Camp counselor/mentor).

• Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Center (Assisting professionals in an office setting with paperwork and interacting with patients).

• New Life Church / Tim Tebow Foundation ("Night to Shine" volunteer/mentor for this prom night for children with special needs).

• Wallingford Community (Picking up trash in local areas, dog sitting, volunteer at the Taste of Wallingford, and assisting in picking up items for an animal drive).

• High School Soccer - 4 years

• High School Indoor Track & Field - 3 years

• High School Outdoor Track & Field - 3 years

• Premier Soccer Club Team - 3 years

• Town Soccer Team - 3 years

• CREW (Community Service) Club - 3 years

• Outdoor's Club - 4 years

• DECA (Business) Club - 2 years

• TESA Club (Teen Empowerment in Social Activism) - 2 years

• Student Council - 3 years

• National Honor Society

• Varsity Scholar

• Rotary Youth Citizen of the Year Award 2022 (Community service and character award)

• High Honors - 4 years

• All-SCC Academic All-Star Team - 3 years

• Started business during quarantine selling and donating sensory kits to children

• Observation hours in a biochemistry lab at Yale University with a Ph.D. professional

• Shadowing professional workers at Medtronic

• The Breakfast Nook Restaurant Busser/ Hostess (2022 to present).

• Right At Home Agency homecare caregiver (2020-2022).

• The Farms Country Club Busser (2021).

• Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Center Assistant (Summer job).

Leadership Roles:

• High School Indoor Track & Field Captain

• High School Outdoor Track & Field Captain

• Leadership Council Member for Indoor & Outdoor Track

• Small business owner

• Youth boys assistant soccer coach

• Camp counselor / mentor for special needs children

Vraj Patel

Attending: UCONN

Major: Pre-Med

Extracurricular Activities:

• Heartcare Associates Hamden, CT June-August 2021: Job Shadowing APRN at Cardiologist Office

• MedStar Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore, Maryland April-August 2021: Job Shadowing a physician assistant

• Peer Advocates Wallingford, CT September 2018-Present: Attending social events to raise awareness for breast cancer, Alzheimer’s, and other diseases

• Wallingford Park and Recreational Wallingford, CT September 2018-Present: Mentor for kids participating in the VEX IQ Competition

• Masonicare Health Center Wallingford, CT June-August 2018, 2019: Taking care of the needs of the elderly

• GUS Robotics Meriden, CT July 2018-Present: Competing against other teams in VEX Robotics Competition and FIRST Robotics Competition.  Qualified for the 2021 Worlds VEX Robotics Competition

• Sikorsky STEM Team Sheehan High School, CT September 2018-Present: Solving design challenges given by Sikorsky in Stratford, CT

• Math Team Sheehan High School, CT September 2018-Present: Competing with other schools to solve complex math problems

• Student Council Sheehan High School, CT September 2018-Present: Taking minutes at meetings and helping coordinate fundraisers and other school events

• National Honors Society Sheehan High School, CT September 2020-Present: Helping plan projects to further spread the ideals of leadership, service, scholarship, and character

• Class Officers Sheehan High School, CT September 2018-Present: Helping plan activities and other school events for the Sheehan Class of 2022

• Spanish Club Sheehan High School, CT September 2018-Present: Helping spread cultural awareness

• Debate Club Sheehan High School, CT September 2020-Present

• Member and Debating with other about controversial topics

• Asian American Culture Club Sheehan High School, CT September 2018-Present: Sharing and exploring Asian cultures

• Soccer Team Sheehan High School, CT September 2018-Present: Varsity Player

• Tennis Team September 2018-Present: Varsity Player

• Emerging Leaders Wallingford, CT September 2019-Present: Helping organize school events to promote student participation in school events

• Chick-Fil-A Leadership Academy Wallingford, CT September 2018-May 2019: Building up leadership skills by creating projects to unite the Wallingford community

Leadership Roles:

• Secretary for the Student Council

• Treasurer for the National Honors Society

• Class of 2022 Treasurer

• Lead CAD Model Designer for the Sikorsky STEM Team

• JV Captain of the Sheehan Soccer Team

Emma Smith

Attending: UCONN

Major: Molecular Biology/Allied Health Sciences on a Pre-Med Track

Extracurricular Activities:

• Sheehan Girls Volleyball Team

• Powderpuff Football

• Positive Impact Club

• Environmental Action Club

• Unified Sports Volleyball Tournament Volunteer

• Wallingford Park and Recreation Volunteer

• CT Juniors Club Volleyball

• Child Care

• Banana's Ice-cream Shop-Ice-cream Specialist (part time job)

• Blackstone Village Pool Attendant (part time job)

Leadership Roles:

• JV Captain and Varsity Libero of Girls Volleyball Team

• Girls Basketball Team Manager

Makenna Sinisgalli

Attending: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Major: Speech Language Pathology

Extracurricular Activities:

• SPORTS

  • Girls Field Hockey

  • Girls Lacrosse

  • Girls Powderpuff (Flag Football)

• CLUBS

  • Future Educators Club

  • Sheehan Interact Club

  • Outdoors Club

• OTHER

  • National Honors Society

  • Special Education Youth Advisory Council

  • German Exchange Program

• VOLUNTEER

  • Coaching Youth Lacrosse

  • Power Play-Wallingford School District Summer School Program where I mentor kids with special needs

• WORK

  • Building Blocks Learning Center- my current after school job (daycare)

  • Reffing Girls Youth Lacrosse

  • SkyZone-old job

Leadership Roles:

• Girls Field Hockey Captain

• Co-president of Future Educators Club

• Chief of Safety to Outdoors Club

• National Honors Society- Leadership Committee

• Special Education Youth Advisory Council