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 York County participants for the Class of 2021.
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Hope Allen
High School: West York Area High School
College Preference: Duquesne University
Career Goals: Elementary Music Teacher
Talent: Vocal Performance (Se Florindo e fedele, by Alessandro Scarlatti)
Elisabeth Aparicio
High School: York Suburban High School
College Preference: University of the Sciences
Career Goals: Pharmacist
Talent: Clarinet
Bethlehem Belai
High School: Red Land High School
College Preference: Penn State University
Career Goals: Emergency Medicine Doctor
Talent: Violin (Allegro Brillante, by William Ten Have)
Kylie Calogero
High School: South Western
College Preference: Millersville University
Career Goals: Music Educator
Talent: Singing and Playing Ukulele (Head Above Water , by Avril Lavigne )
Rosemarie Chan
High School: Red Lion Area Senior High School
College Preference: Rosemont College
Career Goals: Business Manager
Talent: Rifle (On top of the world, by Imagine Dragons)
Devan Chancey
High School: Red Lion Area Senior High School
College Preference: University of Pittsburg
Career Goals: Biochemistry research scientist
Talent: Clarinet
Alexandra Clancy
High School: York Suburban Senior High School
College Preference: Gettysburg College
Career Goals: Secondary English Education
Talent: Viola solo (Hungarian Dance No. 5, by J. Brahms)
Alyssa Crane
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College Preference: Elizabethtown College
Career Goals: Physical Therapist
Talent: Tap Dance (Jumpin' Jack, by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy)
Maria Cruz-Ruiz
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College Preference: Temple University
Career Goals: Music Business
Talent: Cello (Prelude in G major, by Johann Sebastian Bach)
Jenna Donohue
High School: Dallastown Area High School
College Preference: University of Pittsburgh
Career Goals: Chemical Engineering
Talent: Flute (The Swan , by Camille Saint-Saëns)
Summer Eaton
High School: South Western High School
College Preference: Middlebury College
Career Goals: Linguistic Analyst
Talent: Vocalist (Think of Me, by Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Tumi Fadare
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College Preference: University of Pittsburgh
Career Goals: Lawyer
Talent: Poetry (, by Tumi Fadare)
Alysa Faulkner
High School: Red Lion Senior High
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Career Goals: Environmental / Sustainability career path
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Jillian Fetrow
High School: Dallastown Area High School
College Preference: Possibly University of Delaware but not sure yet
Career Goals: Medical lab science/something involving biology
Talent: Music — oboe solo with piano (Romance No. 2, by Robert Schumann)
Grace Gordon
High School: Spring Grove Area High School
College Preference: Florida Gulf Coast University
Career Goals: Marketing and advertisement
Talent: Piano (The Song of Twilight , by Yoshinao Nakada)
Maria Hawthorne
High School: Lancaster Country Day School
College Preference: University of Pennsylvania
Career Goals: Author
Talent: Drawing, Painting
Natalie Heiland
High School: Eastern York High School
College Preference: Swarthmore
Career Goals: Occupational Therapist
Talent: Dancing
Holly Hinchcliff
High School: Central York High School
College Preference: Point Park
Career Goals: Broadway Actor
Talent: Singing (Vanilla Ice Cream, by Jerry Bock)
MiKayla Hostler
High School: Kennard Dale High School
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Allyson Hudak
High School: Northeastern High School
College Preference: Princeton University
Career Goals: Chemist
Talent: Singing (As Long As He Needs Me, by Lionel Bart)
Corinthia Kessler
High School: Central York
College Preference: Millersville
Career Goals: Education and special education major
Talent: Monologue
Jacqueline Kiszka
High School: West York Area High School
College Preference: Pennsylvania State University
Career Goals: Meteorologist
Talent: Alto Saxophone (Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, by Gustav Holst)
An Lai
High School: Central York High School
College Preference: West Chester University/ Penn State
Career Goals: Music Education and Chemistry Ed
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Kira Latshaw
High School: Northeastern High School
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Career Goals: Elementary Teacher
Talent: Winter Guard (Bruises, by Lewis Capaldi )
Anna Lumsargis
High School: Central York High School
College Preference: Penn State
Career Goals: Journalism
Talent: Singing (, by Walt Disney's Newsies--The Musical)
Haley McCartney
High School: Red Lion Area Senior High School
College Preference: Eckerd College
Career Goals: Marine Biologist
Talent: Self-written Poetry Reading (Where I'm From, by Haley McCartney)
Ruby McKeown
High School: York Suburban High School
College Preference: UCLA
Career Goals: Foreign correspondent for a major news network
Talent: Dance (Bloom by The Paper Kites , by Sarah Linthicum)
Michaela Monticchio
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College Preference: West Chester University
Career Goals: Vocal and Theater Arts
Talent: Vocal Performance (Amarilli, Mia Bella, by Giulio Caccini)
Grace Nazario
High School: Dover Area High School
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Rory Noble
High School: York Suburban
College Preference: NYU, American University
Career Goals: Attorney
Talent: Vocal (L’ho Perduta, Me Meschina!, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart )
Ashlyn O'Neill
High School: York Catholic High School
College Preference: The Ohio State University
Career Goals: Chemical Engineering
Talent: Dance (Why Don't I, by Sofia Carson )
Christina Paniagua
High School: Central York High School
College Preference: Delaware Valley University
Career Goals: My career goal is to become a zoo veterinarian.
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Camree Patterson
High School: Red Lion Senior High School
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Career Goals: Physician
Talent: Dramatic Reading
Lian Peach
High School: Dallastown Area High School
College Preference: University of Maryland, College Park
Career Goals: Physics
Talent: Violin (Concerto No. 9, by Charles-Auguste de Beriot)
Prital Prabhu
High School: Central York High School
College Preference: Johns Hopkins University
Career Goals: Physician
Talent: Classical Indian Dance (Dheem Ta Dare , by Rasmita Amin)
Brenna Richard
High School: Central York High School
College Preference: The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (ADMA)
Career Goals: Broadway Performer
Talent: Vocal (O Mio Babbino Caro, by Giacomo Puccini)
Addison Sands
High School:
College Preference: Wake Forest University
Career Goals: Orthopedic Physician
Talent: Vocal Performance (The Glory of Love, by Bette Midler arr. by Billy Hill)
Milana Schechtman
High School: Dallastown Area High School
College Preference: New York University Tisch
Career Goals: Broadway Performer
Talent: Dance (Feeling Good, by Michael Buble)
Riley Sharp
High School: Dallastown Area High School
College Preference: Carnegie Mellon University
Career Goals: Musical Theater
Talent: Singing (Let Me Be Your Star, by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman)
Reagan Starrett
High School: Red Land
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Ava Studivant
High School: Eastern York High School
College Preference: Villanova University
Career Goals: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Talent: Vocal (I Know Where I've Been , by Queen Latifah )
Annabelle Sutton
High School: Northeastern High School
College Preference: Penn State College of Nursing
Career Goals: I would like to become a Pediatric Nurse
Talent: Individual Color Guard routine
Jessica Sutton
High School: Dallastown Area High School
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Mia Swancer
High School: West York Area High School
College Preference: Drexel
Career Goals: Cardiologist
Talent: Ballerina
Jenny Tao
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Madeline Walker
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Rebekah Watson
High School: Central York High School
College Preference: 4-Year College
Career Goals: Neonatal Nurse
Talent: Dance
Alexis Weigard
High School: York Catholic High School
College Preference: The Pennsylvania State University
Career Goals: Environmental Science
Talent: Clarinet
Roseanna Williams
High School: Eastern York High School
College Preference: Millersville University
Career Goals: Teacher
Talent: Dance (Let's Get Loud, by Jennifer Lopez)
Gabrielle Wilson
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Career Goals: aerospace engineer
Talent: Vocal
