CATHEDRAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL AND SEMINARY

PARISH: Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament

FAMILY: Portia and Brian, parents; Matthew, brother

NEIGHBORHOOD: Bayside

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: National Honor Society; Student Leadership Council, Class Representative; President of Student Body and Student Leadership Council; Junior Varsity Basketball Team; Cross Country Track; Varsity Basketball and Team Captain; Forensics Team; National Forensics League; Brooklyn-Queens Catholic Forensics League Tournaments; The Current, school newspaper, writer and copy editor; Father Troike Summer Leadership Program volunteer and peer tutor

HONORS: Ranked in the top 50 at 2012 National Catholic Forensic League Nationals in Declamation; The Tablet High School Press Awards “Best Column,” third-place winner.

SCHOLARSHIPS: Fordham University, Loyola Scholarship; University of Scranton, Loyola Scholarship; Sarah Lawrence College, SLC Scholarship; Marymount Manhattan College (Honors Program), presidential scholarship; Rider University, merit scholarship; LIU Post (Honors Program), presidential scholarship

POST-GRADUATION PLANS: SUNY Purchase – The Conservatory of Theatre Arts

FIELD OF STUDY: Acting

QUOTE OF INSPIRATION: “I don’t like work – no man does – but I like what is in the work – the chance to find yourself.” – Joseph Conrad