Jacobo Lopez-Fernandez
Bethesda, MD 20816
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EDUCATION
● Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School, Chevy Chase, MD; Expected date of graduation, June 2024 ACADEMIC HONORS
● National Honor Society
● AP Ambassador
● Agrupación de Lengua y Cultura Españolas (ALCE) Certificate of Proficiency for Spanish (C2 Level) EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Debate Club (9, 10, 11, 12)
● Competitive county Debate Club : Won team County championships 3 years in a row (9, 10, 11)
● BCC debate Club individual performance: Qualified for county playoffs 2 years in a row (9, 10)
● Mentorship: Mentor younger team members on different cases (12) Robotics Club
● Business Team: Deal with thousands of dollars of grants and budgeting (11, 12)
● State Competitions: Qualified as a team to Maryland State Championships (2022/23) Distributive Education Clubs of America Club (DECA)
● Meetings: Enriched and enhanced project management schoolwide (10, 11, 12) BCC SOS Club
● Students on Safety: Attended and helped start many meetings to create a safer school environment
(11, 12)
Leadership
● Hispanic Advocates: Founder of nonprofit organization that helps increase advocacy for young hispanic and latino/x voters. Interviewed by county newspaper, met with Maryland lower house delegates, Montgomery County President of Board of Education, and District 6 council-member.
(11,12)
Community Service
Boy Scouts (10, 11, 12)
● Troop 1946: Value-based leadership training and character development. Promote environmentally friendly approaches to camping (9, 10)
Open Door Sports (11, 12)
● Bethesda Indoor/Outdoor Open Door Sports: High quality, high energy sports programs for children with special needs and those with financial challenges (11, 12) Communal Gardening (11)
● Hispanic Advocates Meet-up: Community meet-up for hispanics to plant vegetables in DC communal garden (11, 12)
Athletics
● Bethesda Soccer Club: Play at a highly competitive level in the National Academy League for the Mid-Atlantic. Led team to league champions (2023) (9, 10, 11, 12) HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
Public speaking, computer programming, Soccer, content-creation, volunteering, creative writing, Spanish, reading, cooking, video games