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 2020.
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Jasmine Kurian
Bakersfield
City: Bakersfield
College Preference: Stanford Medical School
Career Goals: Reproductive Endocrinologist
Talent: Bollywood Dance (Indian Dance, by Suja Nair Krishnan)
Eileen Hsing
Brea
City: Brea
College Preference: UC or private
Career Goals: Dance teacher
Talent: Dance (Half Light (music), by BANNERS)
Richa Upadhyay
Carlsbad
City: Carlsbad
College Preference: UCSD, UCLA
Career Goals: Reproductive Medicine
Talent: Bollywood Fusion Dance ("Ainvayi Ainvayi" and "She Move It Like", by Sunidhi Chauhan and Badshah)
Allee Her
Central California
City: Clovis
College Preference: Stanford University
Career Goals: Pediatrician
Talent: Instrumental Violin (Promentory, by Trevor Jones)
Keerthana Sundar
Central San Diego County
City: San Diego
College Preference: UCs, Cornell
Career Goals: Veterinary Research or Wildlife Biology
Talent: Piano (Prelude in D minor, by Johann Sebastian Bach)
Josie Nieh
Cerritos-Artesia, East
City: Artesia
College Preference: USC, UC Berkeley
Career Goals: Business
Talent: Piano (Le Chateau Ambulant/Theme from Howl's Moving Castle, by Composed and conducted by Joe Hisaishi)
Sujanya Narayanan
Cerritos-Artesia, West
City: Cerritos
College Preference: UC Berkeley/Johns Hopkins
Career Goals: Neonatologist
Talent: Violin (Winter from The Four Seasons, Allegro non molto, by Antonio Vivaldi)
Cosette Tsai
Clovis
City: Clovis
College Preference: Fresno State Smittcamp / UC Irvine
Career Goals: Pediatrician specialist
Talent: Gymnastics Dance
Anita Liu
Cypress
City: Cypress
College Preference: Stanford, MIT
Career Goals: applied mathematician, computer scientist
Talent: Folkloric Dance (Awaiting, by )
Elsie Swiderski
Del Norte County
City: Crescent City
College Preference: Utah State University or UC Davis
Career Goals: Veterinarian or Math Teacher
Talent: Musical Instrument - Violin (Nearer My God to Thee, by Sarah Flower Adams)
Megan Reyna
Delano
City: Delano
College Preference: Stanford University
Career Goals: Attorney
Talent: Contemporary Dance (Behind the Wall, by Tracy Chapman)
Ella Ramamurthy
East Los Angeles County
City: Glendale
College Preference: Stanford University, Johns Hopkins University
Career Goals: Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics
Talent: Dance (Latin Ballroom Fusion , by Lilia Sedrakyan)
Jennifer Beaton
Fresno
City: Fresno
College Preference: University of California Irvine or Davis
Career Goals: Pediatrician or Coroner
Talent: Tahitian Dance (Takutea, by Nile Bringue Party)
Ella Goens
Greater Bakersfield
City: Bakersfield
College Preference: Point Loma
Career Goals: Dietitian
Talent: Classical Ballet Variation (The Nutcracker Suite, by Ann Conrad)
Kimiya Ghassemzadeh
Inland San Diego County
City: San Diego
College Preference: UCs, Stanford
Career Goals: To change a life in the human biology field!
Talent: Piano (Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op. 65, no. 6, by Edvard Grieg)
Claire Kim
Irvine, East
City: Irvine
College Preference: Brown University
Career Goals: Neurosurgeon
Talent: Viola (Por Una Cabeza, by Carlos Gardel)
Naomi Hampton
Irvine, West
City: Irvine
College Preference: Oxford University
Career Goals: Politician
Talent: Dramatic Monologue (Piece of My Heart, by Shirley Lauro)
Rebecca Pan
Los Altos
City: Los Altos
College Preference: Harvard University, Columbia University
Career Goals: Law/Political Science
Talent: Solo Piano Performance (Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C# Minor, by Sergei Rachmaninoff)
Melia Jost
North Los Angeles County
City: Sierra Madre
College Preference: New York University, Northwestern University
Career Goals: Musical Theater
Talent: Vocal (Defying Gravity, by Stephen Schwartz)
Sravani Duggirala
Northern San Diego County
City: San Diego
College Preference: Caltech or MIT
Career Goals: Aeronautical Engineer or Chemical Engineer
Talent: Vocal (Love Me Like You Do, by Ellie Goulding)
Jaden Chau
Oakdale
City: Oakdale
College Preference: UCLA
Career Goals: Engineering and the math field
Talent: Dance (Mixture of Jazz, Hip Hop, and Ballet , by Myself )
Kristen McGuire
Shafter
City: Shafter
College Preference: California State University, Bakersfield
Career Goals: Registered Nurse
Talent: Tap Dance (All That Jazz, by )
Queen Chiwanga
South Los Angeles County
City: Rosemead
College Preference: USC or Stanford
Career Goals: OB/GYN or Neonatologist
Talent: Dramatic Selection (The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas)
Carson Burell
Taft
City: Taft
College Preference: UCSB, UCSD
Career Goals:
Talent:
Stephanie Temnyk
Turlock
City: Denair
College Preference: Arizona State University
Career Goals: PhD in Biotechnology / Horticulture
Talent: Piano Performance (Cuentos del Matador, by Eugénie Rocherolle)
Noor Nouaili
West Los Angeles County
City: LOS ANGELES
College Preference: Yale and UPenn
Career Goals: pediatrician
Talent: Cello Performance (Broadway from 10 American Cello Etudes , by Aaron Minsky )
