Two Stuy students make Milken grade
BY GABE HERMAN
Two Stuyvesant High School
students have been chosen
to be among this year’s select
group of Milken Scholars.
The scholarship is from the Milken
Institute and the Milken Family Foundation
and was founded in 1989.
The program selects high school
seniors based on factors such as academic
performance, community service,
leadership skills and overcoming
personal challenges. The scholarship
is open to students in New York City,
Los Angeles County and Washington,
D.C.
Six students from New York City
were chosen for the 2019 program,
with the two locals from Stuyvesant
H.S. being Hanah Jun and Summer
Shabana.
The Scholars Program helps young
people with their transition to college
and beyond. A $10,000 scholarship
is included. There is also a lifelong
support system that includes career
counseling, assistance with landing
internships, providing opportunities
for community service, and a fund
to help with career goals after undergraduate
school.
“In the nearly three decades since
Lori and I cofounded the Milken
Scholars program, these leaders of
tomorrow have consistently inspired
us by their achievements, leadership
and dedication to service,” said Mike
Milken, chairperson of the Milken
Institute. “This year’s class of outstanding
New York Scholars is no
exception. In welcoming them to the
Milken Scholars family, we are confi -
dent they can change the world.”
Jun also received The New York
Times College Scholarship and the
President’s Volunteer Service Award.
She is a QuestBridge National College
Match Finalist and College Prep
Scholar, a National Merit Scholarship
Finalist and an AP scholar.
Jun tutors at the Arista Honor Society,
and serves at soup kitchens. She
is a musician, and started a citywide
project for high school musicians to
Hanah Jun.
spread classical music by playing on
New York City’s streets. As an intern
at the United Nations, she researches
the relationship between environmental
policy and political turmoil.
Jun will be attending Yale where
she will concentrate on environmental
studies and economics. She plans
a career as an entrepreneur.
Shabana is the founder and president
of StuyPrep. Under the program,
current and former Stuyvesant students
help middle school students
from underrepresented areas prepare
for the Specialized High School Entrance
Exam. She also founded Stuy
SAT Prep, which works with underprivileged
students from the elite high
school.
Shabana is a Johns Hopkins Center
for Talented Youth Scholar, an AP
Scholar, a Jack Kent Cooke College
Scholar, and a Questbridge National
College Match Recipient, among other
awards. She is a member of the Arista
National Honor Society and Spanish
Honors Society, and has participated
since fi fth grade in the Lang Science
Program at the American Museum of
Natural History. She worked on the
neurology ward at New York-Presbyterian
Columbia Medical Center, and
started a club at school to raise money
for Operation Smile, which performs
palate and cleft-lip surgeries worldwide.
Shabana will attend Rice University
to study bioengineering and neuroscience,
and plans a career in medicine.
“The Milken Scholars Program
provides a lifelong network and resources
of over 400 past honorees,”
said Phyllis and Sidney Bresler, from
the Robert I. Schattner Foundation,
Inc., which is a sponsor of the New
York City Milken Scholars. “Despite
signifi cant obstacles, these extraordinary
students continue to not only
persevere, but shine, and we look
forward to seeing what their bright
futures will hold.”
More than 450 Milken Scholars
have been selected since the initiative’s
founding. This year’s other four
New York Milken Scholars are Sarah
Deonarain, from Townsend Harris
High School in Queens; Miyu Imai,
from Horace Mann School in the
Bronx; Lizi Maziashvili, from Fort
Hamilton High School in Brooklyn;
and Andy Wang, from Staten Island
Technical High School.
Summer Shabana.
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