ACADEMY September 24, 2018 To Whom It May Concern: | am writing to recommend Citlaly Chavez for your consideration. Citialy is one of our top students and is heavily involved in activities at school and in the community. She is a determined and confident student. | admire her hard work and motivation for excellence. Her success does not end with academics, however. She is a mentor and advocate for her fellow students, especially STEM-focused female peers. The most convincing element for me is that she succeeds and maintains her high marks while managing time-consuming family obligations. Citlaly has taken the most rigorous courses we offer and done very well. She has taken six University of Utah concurrent enrollment classes totaling over 20 credit hours. She has also taken almost all of our STEM classes including Robotics, Computer Programming, Computer Repair, and Engineering. She has served our school in many leadership positions with our STEM related programs including our Technology Student Association (TSA) and Skills USA. As a member of the Mechanical Division of her team, she won several awards at the FIRST Robotics Competition in 2015 and 2016. Citlaly’s leadership goes above and beyond and continues to impress me. She founded and has led our school’s, ‘Model United Nations team including all funding and recruitment efforts. Because of her hard work in leadership and aptitude for STEM, she has been a CodeNow Mentor, the Northern Utah Winner and National Honorable Mention for the NCWIT Aspirations in Computing program and was awarded the Boeing Scholarship to the Embry Riddle Summer Program in 2018. Citlaly provides guided mentorship forall students, but gives special preference to female students wanting to excel in the STEM field. She has been active on the SheTech Student Panel and the Women Tech Council. She has also served on the Student Board of the Surefire Girls Conference in 2017. Along with all these wonderful outreach programs, she serves on the teen council for Planned Parenthood educating and advocating for all women. Citlaly will go far with anything she will pursue in her future. | encourage you to accept her as one of your top candidates. She will continue to excel in leadership and advocate for all students. She will be a success in her plans to work in Engineering and continue advocating for equality in the STEM fields. Sincerely, WePlubes Wendy S. Phillips School Counselor ‘Academy for Math, Engineering & Science 5715 South 1300 East Salt Lake City, UT 84121 [An Ealy Colege High Schoo! Partnered With The Universy of Utah 5718 South 1300 Fast Sa Lake Cy, UT 84121 Phone: 801.278.9440 Fax: 801.277.3527 -wanwamessic.org