Counselor Bios 2025

We are excited to announce that Mason is coming back this summer to be head counselor after being a senior counselor in 2023!  Mason is a junior and a former member of the USC swim team. He was a scholastic All-American four times in high school and his swim team was D2 champions in San Diego. He has been a swimming coach for pre-school through high school kids for five years.  Last year, he spent a semester abroad in Taiwan.

Lauren is a graduating senior and member of Princeton’s track team, competing in the 200m, 400m and 4x400m. She was 2^nd team All Ivy in the 4x400m.  She was three-time Nebraska high school state champion in the 400m and state champion in the 200m. She also was on her high school volleyball team. Lauren was a track coach for three years for kindergarten to junior high students. She is also a certified nursing assistant.

Ella is a graduating senior and captain of UCLA’s rowing team. She also rowed in high school and was on the water polo team. Ella was a counselor in training at a summer camp in high school and was an assistant at a German-American club bilingual camp last summer.  She volunteered at Horsefeathers Therapeutic Riding Center where she worked alongside therapists while they assisted children through horseback riding sessions. Ella was her college team’s representative for Team Impact, a non-profit that matches children facing serious illnesses and disability with college sports teams, creating an impactful experience for everyone.

Johnny is a junior and a sprinter on Colorado’s track team. His events are the 50m, 100m, 200m and 4x 100m. He set 3 school records for his high school track team and was a member of his high school soccer team.  Johnny mentored a 4^th grade class, teaching emotional and social skills and helping students with their homework. His hidden talents include doing a backflip, solving a Rubik’s cube, spinning a basketball on his finger and juggling a soccer ball.

Fadima is a sophomore and a guard/forward on Princeton’s Ivy League champion basketball team. She was captain of her high school basketball team which won the conference championship twice. Fadima coached kindergartners to 9^th graders in basketball for three summers in high school and the past two summers she coached 9^th to 11^th graders. She was awarded a year-long national fellowship selected from student-athletes throughout the U.S. with goal of engaging nonpartisan civic engagement on our campuses. Fadima loves anime and manga.

Logan is a sophomore and does the shot put, discus and hammer on UCSD’s track & field team. In high school, she was the league champion in the shot put and discus twice and league athlete of the year.  She was also captain and most valuable player on her high school cheer team, earning UCA All-American honors. She choreographed musicals for a middle school theater group.   She loves to sing and act and was in a competitive choir throughout junior high and high school. She was a junior counselor at an animal center where she taught children about animals and their habitats and how to care for them.

Luke is a junior and a member of Colorado’s track team. His events include the 400m and the 4x400m relay. In addition to track, Luke was a guard/power forward on his high school basketball team and on the cross-country team. He was a basketball coach for 5^th to 8^th graders. He enjoys playing the guitar and harmonica and can solve a Rubik’s Cube very quickly.

Siniru is a graduating senior and does the shot put and discus on Princeton’s track team. She was second team All-American in 2024 and Ivy league outdoor shot-put champion in 2024 and runner up in 2024, and outdoor Ivy League discus champion in 2024 and outdoor Ivy League shotput runner-up in 2024. She was the state champion in the discus in high school twice and the stat champion in the shot put in 2021. She did competitive artistic gymnastics for 6 years prior to track and field. Siniru was a coach for two summers for high school students in the shot put and discus. Likes watching anime and reading manga and took Japanese her first two years of college.

Sarah is a freshman and a member of Davis’s swim team. She was a California State Qualifier in the 100m and 200m free and league champion and record holder in the 100m fly and 100m back. She was Metro League swimmer of the year in 2023 & 2024 and her high school’s scholar athlete of the year for two years.  Sarah also played on her high school water polo team. She volunteered as a student teacher/helper for a 2^nd grade class and also was a member of a high school club that made friendships for special needs students.

Charlotte is a graduating senior and is a member of Caltech’s water polo team and former member of the swim team where she set three school records.  As a member of her high school swim team, she was a CIF Division 1 individual finalist in 200-yard individual medley.  She was a swim coach for 2^nd to 5^th graders and volunteered at her church as a childcare aide.

Jolie is a graduating senior.  In high school, she was a member of her school dance and color guard team and a cheerleader in junior high. She has continued to do aerobic dancing in college.   As a member of her high school color guard team, she became adept at spinning, tossing and catching a 2-meter flag and a rifle.  She tutors 6^th to 12^th graders in STEM subjects such as chemistry, biology and math.

Jaya is a freshman and is a member on Cal’s track team specializing in the 400m hurdlers. She was captain of her high school track team and was league champion in four events and a CIF state competitor. She was a track coach for k-8^th graders, a summer counselor for 2^nd and 3^rd graders and a teaching assistant for K-2^nd graders. Jaya has a passion for marine animals.