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Portrait of Alonzo Rangel

Honor Society® member

Alonzo Rangel

  • Amherst College
  • creative writing
  • Class of 2020
  • Dickinson, TX

Member since April 2020

Education

  • Dickinson High School

    2016 – 2020

Honors and awards

  • UIL One Act Play All-Star Cast 2017-2019

    Across my time acting onstage for my school at our UIL One Act Competitions, I have attained a total of five individual acting awards, spanning three different plays.

  • National History Fair- Advanced to State 2018

    In a group performance about the creation and impact of the foreign affairs policy The Truman Doctrine, I, along with two friends, advanced to the state competition in Austin, Texas.

Goals and interests

Career goal

After my academic career has concluded, I intend to pursue a career as a fiction novelist/playwright while working in a journalism position for a major news publication, preferably The Wall Street Journal or The New Yorker.

Graduate school interests

After graduating from Oberlin College in 2024, I will apply to Tisch at NYU where I will hopefully earn my MFA in playwriting.

Outside the classroom

I enjoy reading, especially plays and southern gothic literature (Cormac McCarthy is the greatest author of all time). I also like to ride my bike and play piano, and whenever I am doing none of those things, I like to spend copious amounts of time playing with my cat.

Volunteering

  • Math Tutor

    Dickinson High School Library after school

    Sep 2019 – Jan 2020

  • Summer Kids' Camp Counselor

    Dickinson High School Theatre Dept.

    Jun 2017 – Aug 2018

Languages

  • Spanish Intermediate

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