Participants
Distinguished Young Women participants come from all walks of life, but they have one thing in common: the desire to succeed. Below are the Distinguished Young Women of New York City At-Large participants for the Class of 2022.
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Atiyana Barnes
High School: Uniondale High School
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Hayley Bond
High School: Susan E Wagner High School
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Megan Bush
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Amie Chen
High School: Cold Spring Harbor High School
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Aishah Daiyan
High School: The Brooklyn Latin School
College Preference: NYU
Career Goals: Biologist
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Giana Galeno
High School: High School for teaching and the professions
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Talent: Drawing
Kaleia Hamilton
High School: Sachem High School East
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Nina Heptig
High School: Brooklyn Technical High School
College Preference: University of Toronto
Career Goals: Evolutionary Biologist
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Mocha Koike-Ameen
High School: Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II High School
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Stefany Lin
High School: World Journalism Preparatory School
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Career Goals: Surgeon
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Miranda McGeary
High School: Miss Halls School
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Alysha Mcknight
High School: urban assembly institute of math and science for young women
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Tian Moy
High School: Tian Jing Moy
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naomi Naranjo
High School: Stuyvesant High School
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Sangai Nyei
High School: New Dorp High school
College Preference: Howard University
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Farah Osman
High School: Brooklyn Technical High School
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Julia Panko
High School: Susan E Wagner High School
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Prisca-Lily Preston
High School: John W Lavelle Preparatory Charter School
College Preference: cost/financial aid & racial / ethnic diversity
Career Goals: Lawyer or Cardiologist
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Gissell Santos
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Laila Sharif
High School: Manhattan Village Academy
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Elizabeth Shvarts
High School: Staten Island Technical High School
College Preference: Yale University
Career Goals: Chief Marketing Officer
Talent: Spoken Word Poetry
Inaya Syed
High School: Commack High School
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Hannah Wang
High School: Staten Island Technical HS
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Helen Yac Xiquin
High School: westhampton beach high school
College Preference: Private/Public
Career Goals: A Bachelor's degree in Marketing
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alanna brito
High School: christ the king regional highschool
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Career Goals: social justice
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