Participants
Distinguished Young Women participants come from all walks of life, but they have one thing in common: the desire to succeed. Below are the Distinguished Young Women of California participants for the Class of 2023.
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Sanjna Mizar
Bakersfield
City: Bakersfield
College Preference: UCLA
Career Goals: Psychiatrist
Talent: Playing Violin (Concerto Number 4, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Emily Darbee
Bakersfield
City: Bakersfield
College Preference: Belmont University
Career Goals: Musical Theater
Talent: Singing (The Girl in 14G, by Kristen Chenoweth)
Anura Deshpande
Central San Diego County
City: San Diego
College Preference:
Career Goals: Professor/Academic Researcher
Talent: Piano (A Comme Amour, by Oliver Toussaint and Paul de Senneville)
Preethi Manne
Cerritos-Artesia East
City: Cerritos
College Preference: UCSD, UCLA, USC, Carnegie Melon University
Career Goals: Computer Science
Talent: Bollywood Dance
Eileen Rodriguez Salehi
Cerritos-Artesia West
City: Cerritos
College Preference:
Career Goals: Doctor
Talent: Piano
Claire Chang
Chino Hills
City: Chino Hills
College Preference: Wellesley College
Career Goals: Neuroscience Researcher
Talent: Contemporary Dance (Over the Rainbow, by Tang Shi Yi, Radhanath Thialan)
Alicia Ji
Greater San Diego County
City: San Diego
College Preference:
Career Goals:
Talent: Spoken Word (Poetry, by Alicia Ji)
Tina Mai
Newport Coast
City: Newport Coast
College Preference: Stanford, Princeton
Career Goals: STEM Entrepreneur, Writer
Talent: Spoken Word Poetry (Madame X, by Written by Tina Mai)
Meghna Mohan
North 4S Ranch San Diego
City: San Diego
College Preference: University of California, Los Angeles
Career Goals: Clinical Social Worker
Talent: Bharatanatyam (Mi Gente Raga Mix, by IndianRaga)
Erika Li
North Cypress
City: Cypress
College Preference: Stanford University
Career Goals: Computer Science
Talent: Folklore Dance (folklore song, by )
Sabrina Zhang
North Los Angeles County
City: Arcadia
College Preference: Stanford, Wharton, Harvard
Career Goals: Entrepreneur
Talent: Dance (Strange, by Celeste)
Jessica Birchall
Oakdale
City: Oakdale
College Preference: UC's
Career Goals: Psychology
Talent: Piano playing ("Waterfall", by Jon Schmidt)
Kyra Shi
Petaluma
City: Petaluma
College Preference: carnegie mellon/MIT
Career Goals: engineer/entrepreneur
Talent: classical piano (Fantasie Impromptu, by Frederic Chopin)
Faith Bazaldua
Shafter
City: Shafter
College Preference: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Career Goals: Structural Engineer
Talent: Monologue (Medusa, by )
Hetvi Trivedi
South 4S Ranch San Diego
City: San Diego
College Preference: Any UC school - UCLA, UC Berkeley, etc.
Career Goals: STEM-geared; Most likely pre-med or physics/math
Talent: Bharatnatyam Classical Dance
Allison Qu
South Cypress
City: Cypress
College Preference: UCLA, Stanford, UC Berkeley
Career Goals: Econ/ Finance/Communications
Talent: dance performance (90 Days , by P!nk, Wrabel)
Jina Kang
South Los Angeles County
City: Los Angeles
College Preference: Yale University, Columbia University,
Career Goals: Business Lawyer
Talent: Ballet (Gamzatti Variation from La Bayadere, by Ludwig Minkus)
