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SECRET IDENTITY:
Melanie Segura
MELANIE SEGURA is a senior at San Her teachers praise Melanie’s resiliency
Mateo High School who plans to attend in the face of incredible obstacles,
the medical assistance program at Cañada commitment to self-improvement, and
College before transferring to University inclusive nature based on first-hand
of San Francisco and becoming a Certified knowledge of the challenges which come
Nurse Midwife to help babies born to with being an outsider.
parents battling addiction.
For Melanie, an Al Teglia Jobs for Youth
She has overcome significant financial Scholarship gets her one step closer to
hardship, personal loss, and a trouble- her goal of college and a career where she
filled teenage rebellion. Today, Melanie can help children most in need of support
is a dedicated student, works to help pay while supporting her own financially
bills, and gives back to her community stressed grandmother.
through the La Raza Unida Club.
SUPERHERO NAME: SUPER POWER: SPONSOR:
Friends of JFY/Kaiser
Melristic Transport to the Permanente/Frances Teglia
Future
SECRET IDENTITY: towards injustice and receptiveness to
feedback as indicators of maturity. Her
Natalie Siu thoughtful connection of Arthur Miller’s
“The Crucible” to modern repression
NATALIE SIU is a junior at Westmoor belies the personal crucibles Natalie has
High School who hopes to become an overcome at home and school.
Environmental Scientist and work to
protect animals from endangerment and For Natalie, an Al Teglia Jobs for Youth
extinction due to human impact. Scholarship will open the door to the
most powerful weapon in her quest to
Her love of nature has fueled Natalie’s change the world and preserve nature for
community volunteering, and driven her future generations -- an education.
to succeed in the classroom so she will be
able to have an impactful career.
Natalie’s teachers note her critical eye
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Wells Fargo Foundation
Nemophilist control water, fire,
earth and air
