VALENTINA GUTIERREZ

EDUCATION: Blackstone Academy Charter School, 334 Pleasant St., Pawtucket, R.I 02860
GPA: 4.23
Anticipated Graduation: 2016
Recipient of the Award for Excellence in Social Studies (2013)
Recipient of the Award for Excellence in Math (2015)
Recipient of the Award for Excellence in Spanish (2015)
Recipient of the Harvard Prize Award (2015)
ACTIVITIES:
School President/Class Representative, Student Government at Blackstone Academy Charter School
2012-2015
Collected data from students regarding school expansion.
Advocated for change based on students needs and concerns.
Proposed changes to policies based on data and presented to faculty and board members.
Event Committee Member, Blackstone Academy Charter School
2014-2015
Organized school wide events such as Game Night and Spirit Week. This included
collecting and counting money.
Collaborated with other grade representatives to plan events, such as the prom, winter
ball, etc.
Photographer & Editor, Yearbook Club at Blackstone Academy Charter School
2014-2015
Photographed school events and everyday happenings and uploaded them to a yearbook
creation site.
Designed the yearbook pages dedicated to the Spanish classes and the Junior class.
Alumni, Hugh OBrian Youth Leadership Seminar (HOBY RI), Scituate, R.I.
2014
Chosen by school faculty to attend a 3 day seminar with a representative from each high
school.
Developed a personal leadership style and learned how to apply it to initiate social
change.
Assembled baby bags and wrote get well cards to children in the hospital.
Debate Team Co-Captain, Debate Team at Blackstone Academy Charter School
2013-2014
Debated affirmative and negative arguments about the US embargo on Cuba against
students from other urban schools.
Researched and put together evidence cards to be used in debate tournaments.
Received Blackstone Debate Leadership Award.
Student, Brown Science Prep at Brown University, Providence, RI

2012-2013 (September-March)

 Explored a variety of scientific topics through hands on experimentation and

demonstrations, in Biology, Physics, and Chemistry.
Examined the importance of community involvement and further education after high
school.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
RI Official Poll Worker, Rhode Island Board of Elections, The Met School, Providence, RI
Prepared ballot and instruction packages at the general elections
Checked in voters.

2014

Letter Carriers Volunteer, Rhode Island Food Bank, Olneyville Post Office, Providence, RI
2014
Volunteered for the Stamp Out Hunger food drive.
Collaborated with another teenager to unpack 852 non-perishable food items from
containers and repacked them for redistribution.
Volunteer at Shri Studio, Pawtucket, RI
2013
Set up necessary equipment like yoga mats, chairs, and blocks.
Wrote short reviews of each class for the owner and yoga instructor, Alison Bologna.
Encouraged students in the Adaptive Yoga class: a class for older adults with
developmental and intellectual disabilities.
Volunteer at St.Elizabeth Church, Central Falls, RI
2012
Cared for ten children on Saturday afternoons while their parents took a class in another
part of the building.
Supervised young children in games and activities and distributed snacks.
SKILLS:

Fluent in both Spanish and English (Speaking, Writing, Reading)

Certified Microsoft Office Word Specialist