Jacob Young
Age: 18
School: Essex High School
Parents: Doug and Lisa Young
Hometown: Essex
Top 5 accomplishments: Received the RPI Medal for excellence in math and science; adapted to public school from homeschooling; president of the Christian Youth Outreach, a school club; National Merit finalist; survived public speaking class.
In the community: I volunteer on the student leadership team in my church youth group; with that same youth group I have taken three, week-long mission trips.
Favorite spare time activity: Playing the piano.
After graduation: I would be thrilled to attend Cornell University.
Career plans: Research physicist.
Your bedroom in one word: Hopeless.
Dead person to meet: Thomas Jefferson, to discuss his perspective on the American Revolution and the modern United States.
Your biography title: "Um ... Let Me Think About It"
Three "luxuries" on a desert island: A Bible, a telescope and a piano.
Personal motto: "So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God" -- 1 Corinthians 10:31
Katrina Kunker
Age: 17
School: Essex High School
Parents: Ken and Toni Kunker
Hometown: Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Top 5 accomplishments: Earning my black belt in kempo karate; learning to live with my autoimmune disease and managing something that changed my life so drastically; keeping my grades up throughout the years; growing as an artist -- I've been practicing photography, painting, and piano for years; getting accepted into all the colleges I applied to.
In the community: I volunteered at the Martial Way Self Defense Center's children karate camps for two to three years; volunteer every summer at Essex Alliance Church's Summer Kids Week program as a leader-in-training; volunteer at Partners in Adventure program's camps.
Favorite spare time activity: Kempo karate or photography
After graduation: University of Vermont for a double major in psychology and physical therapy and a minor in studio art.
Career plans: I hope to become a licensed physical therapist and hope to practice in Vermont.
Your bedroom in one word: Cluttered
Dead person to meet: I would love to meet Beethoven -- his pieces are some of my favorites to play on the piano, and it would be fantastic to be able to watch him play and ask him how he writes such masterpieces, even when he was deaf.
Your biography title: "Unwritten"
Three "luxuries" on a desert island: I would want to have a canvas, a set of paints and a set of paint brushes to be able to capture the scenery around me.
Personal motto: "Don't worry, I'm OK!"
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