Amador Senior Volunteers Time, First In Family Headed To College

PLEASANTON, CA — Star Students are found in classrooms, on concert and theater stages and at debate lecterns, and out in the community doing good things to make life better for all of us.

Here at Patch, we've launched an initiative to help recognize Star Students, and we’re working to tell the stories of these outstanding kids to their neighbors.

This submission comes from Ken Mano who nominated Jessi of Pleasanton.

Star local student’s name

Jessi

What grade is your star local student in?

12

How do you know the star local student?

Community of Character scholarships

Why do you believe the star local student should be recognized?

Jessi is a senior at Amador Valley High School, son of Rosa and Jesus Mejia. Jessi wrote that “Compassion is to look beyond your own pain, to see the pain in others and provide them assistance. The emotional and mental support you offer someone will help them succeed and open doors to them in life.”

Jessi is a member of the AVHS Track and Field team and engages in the school’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) club. He has participated in a Data Science exploration summer program learning ways that harm our ecosystem using data science basics, statistics, and data visualization. He has also volunteered at the Alameda County Fair like taking care of plants or helping guests with directions.

He has also volunteered at a local hotel with housekeeping folding or cleaning towels or sheets and being helpful to guests staying. He is proud of his Hispanic heritage and his parents who are his greatest motivators who instilled the values of respect, kindness and honesty. He helps his hard-working parents with household needs, including translating conversations and emails from English to Spanish to them.

He would be the first to attend college in his family and sees it as an opportunity to make his parents proud and pursue his passion in making a positive impact within his community and make a difference in the world.

What's one thing you want everyone to know about the star local student?

Jessi is a Juanita Haugen scholarship recipient from the Community of Character.

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Congratulations on your achievements, and all of our best wishes to you in the future, Jessi!

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