Honor Society® member
Kaliyah Ceja
- Elementary Education
- Class of 2027
- Hollister, California
Member since August 2026
About
Hi! My name is Kaliyah Ceja. I am a 16 year old senior in a small town called Hollister that wants to become a teacher and help save the world as much as I can. In everything I do I try to do it to the best of my ability, I am a very dedicated person with goals that I take seriously. I want to go off into the world and make a difference. I enjoy playing sports, outdoors and helping people in need and I work very hard to maintain good grades, clubs on campus, a job and a social life as well.
Honors and awards
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Magna Cum Laude
I received this for my academics and GPA at my school for having a 3.7-3.9 GPA.
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California Civic Seal of Engangement
This is an award for demonstrating a strong amount of community participation. I painted a gallery walk with my AVID peers for an elementary school.
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Elementary Teacher
- Graduate school interests
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Hawaii Pacific University
University of Bologna
Universitat of Barcelona- Outside the classroom
My hobbies entail of playing competitive softball for my whole life along with varsity basketball at my school. I am very involved within my student body, I served as Vice President of my class for 2 years, I became President of a tutoring club on campus called Club Education, I founded an American Sign Language Club with my peers that I am Vice President of, I made a club to help clean up our environment by picking up trash that I am President of and I am Publicity for a Hiking Club on campus. I also work as a swim instructor which I extremely enjoy and I love going to the beach and being outdoors at all times.
Experience
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Swim instructor
YMCA, where I worked as a swim instructor and taught children how to swim while I developed my communication skills and ability to teach.
Jul 2026 – Present
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Server
The Vault in Hollister, California where I worked as a server
Aug 2025 – Feb 2026
Volunteering
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Me and my AVID 11 peers painted a gallery walk at a nearby elementary school that helped students who got in trouble at lunch or recess reflect on their actions rather than sitting out.
AVID
Apr 2026
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I volunteered at my church for ministry work by taking pictures at each service.
Legacy Church
Dec 2025 – Apr 2026
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I volunteered at my local food bank.
Community Food Bank of San Benito County
Mar 2024 – Apr 2024
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I volunteered at my local rec softball league with tryouts and went to some of their practices as well as games to teach and support the younger girls in my sport.
Hollister Heat
May 2021 – May 2025
Languages
- Spanish Intermediate
