KMadamba
e-Portfolio
Winner of 2021 UCLA Writing Program's
Teague-Melville Undergraduate Essay Prize
UCLA Dean's List
Brea Olinda High School, Valedictorian
ACADEMICS
ACADEMICS
I was honored to be a Valedictorian, Honors Graduate, and Distinguished Scholar for Brea Olinda's Class of 2019. I'm extremely thankful to be awarded for my diligence, resilience, work ethic and academic excellence. Most of all, I'm thankful for the guidance this amazing group of students and teachers have given me throughout high school.
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GPA: 4.0, 4.3 (Weighted)
With the support of an amazing group of peers, mentors, instructors, and professors, I have maintained a 4.0 GPA and was recognized with this award during 7 quarters:
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Winter 2022
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Spring 2021
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Winter 2021
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Fall 2020
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Spring 2020
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Winter 2019
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Fall 2019
This public science essay, titled "Our Experience with Music: From Listening to Feeling to Healing," is an interdisciplinary research paper that combines neurobiological research with musicology to discuss the role music has in our lives, the way it affects us on an emotional and physical level, and how it can be used in clinical settings to improve our health and well-being.
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$750 scholarship award
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Written for Honors Collegium 43W: Science, Rhetoric, and Social Influence; Nominated by Dr. Dana Cairns Watson.
A real leader is somebody who, because of [his/her] own particular power and charisma and example, is able to inspire people, with “inspire” being used here in a serious and non-cliché way. A real leader can somehow get us to do certain things that deep down we think are good and want to be able to do but usually can’t get ourselves to do on our own.
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-David Foster Wallace
Those times you get up early and you work hard. Those times you stay up late and you work hard. Those times you don’t feel like working— you’re too tired and you don’t want to push yourself— but you do it anyway. That’s actually the dream…
And if you guys can understand that, then what you’ll see is that you won’t accomplish your dreams, your dreams don’t come true. something greater will.
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-Kobe Bryant
LEADERSHIP
+ SERVICE
LEADERSHIP
+ SERVICE
Pilipinos for Community Health (PCH)
Brandon Hampson Instrumental Music
Award and Scholarship
Brea Olinda Instrumental Music Band Program; 2019 Recipient
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$500 scholarship award
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Brea Olinda Instrumental Music
About Brandon and the award: "Brandon Hampson was a member of the Brea Olinda Wildcat Marching Band but passed away soon after his graduation due to brain cancer. The Hampson family created this award to honor members of the band that are "always ready to offer a kind word, a ready smile or a willing hand to everyone [he/she] meets" and "look beyond [themselves] to serve others" in a manner than Brandon did passionately during his time in the program. "
President 2022-23
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Health Fairs Co-Director 2021-22
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Health Fairs Committee Intern 2020-21​
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Research Team Leader for the Winter 2021 Health Fair, "Community Health Fair: Bridging Communities through Health Advocacy."
Developed clinical and non-clinical care resources lists with accessible and culturally-informed services that can help promote overall health, well-being, and longevity of underserved communities within the Greater Los Angeles Area.
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Band Leadership Team (Field Captain, 2018-19; Clarinet Section Leader, 2017-18)
Band Council (President, 2018-19; Vice President 2017-18, Sophomore and Freshman Class Representative 2015-17).
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Featured Soloist for BOHS's 2018 Fieldshow Honor, Chivalry, and Glory.; Qualified for California State Band Championships.
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National Marching Band Award; 2017 Recipient
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Guitarist for Brea Olinda's Swingin' Wildcats Jazz Band
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