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Portrait of Paola Santos Marquez

Honor Society® member

Paola Santos Marquez

  • earth science
  • Class of 2025
  • USA

Member since November 2024

Education

  • University of California San Diego

    earth science

    2025 – Present

Honors and awards

  • Guardian Award

    According to the award description, those who get the award are those who are “...being respectful, a diligent worker, caring and a model student.”

  • Honor Roll

    Students who obtain this award has gotten a "4.0 GPA and Above" grade.

  • Student of the Month

    According to the award description, those who get the award are those who are “...excellence, achievement, attendance, and overall being an exceptional Student…”

Goals and interests

Career goal

Recently, I've been deeply into the chemistry of plants and indigenous agricultural practices. I love STEM and realizing my ideas is something I'm thrilled to do (with graphic design and soon 3d printing). After recently being introduced to the job, I feel like it is the best job that can integrate these interests. My goal in mind is to find systems that enables healthy foods (less chemicals) while also avoiding harm to the environment.

Graduate school interests

I am considering UCR, SDSU, and UCSD (in that order) as the four-year institutions I would like to join due to their seemingly good agricultural and biology departments. However, Palomar college would be the post-high school decision if funds don't cut the tuition.

Outside the classroom

I main love to take my time off by dancing and reading but I also enjoy sketching, making necklaces that match my outfits, playing games like sudoku or word search, and practicing Hawaiian on Duolingo.

Experience

  • internship

    Neighborhood House Association

    Jun 2024 – Aug 2024

  • Internship

    Neighborhood House Association

    Jun 2023 – Aug 2023

Volunteering

  • Would stand by the school waste bins during lunch to correctly dispose of other's lunch scraps (recycle, trash, and compost). This was the hope to avoid mass trash contamination.

    Recycle Program (I set up at school)

    Jan 2025 – May 2025

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced
  • Spanish Advanced