My name is Aurelio Arroyo and I am a 21 year old senior from Gridley, California. I plan to major in Broadcast Journalism and become a Sports Broadcaster, hopefully for ESPN. I am a huge college football fan and just generally love sports and music. I am currently working on two projects this year. The first one being the Villa Oasis Alternative High School Project located in Eloy, AZ with Cherrelle Bullock. It is aimed at mentoring selected students in an effort to assist with their homework and show them that there is more to life than just working after high school. The second project I am currently working on is the ASU / University of Arizona “Food Fight.” This contest pits ASU against U of A in a can food fight to see who can collect more pounds of food for the St. Mary’s Food Bank.

My name is Rachel Campbell and I am a 20 year old junior from Oldham County, Kentucky and Cave Creek, Arizona. I am a Special Education major that will graduate with a dual certification in Special Education and Elementary Education. I hope to teach special education in a rural elementary school after graduate school. I am a huge Sun Devil fan and go to every game! I am currently working on recruiting efforts at ASU West. More specifically, this project emphasizes recruiting students from the 150 least represented high schools at ASU West.

My name is Joanna Cruz and I am a first-generation college freshman at Arizona State University. I was born and raised in San Luis, AZ, where I graduated high school. Currently, I am majoring in Secondary Education with an emphasis on mathematics. I love sports and working out. The project that my partner and I are working on is Arizona Scholarship Undergraduate (ASU) Database. The purposes of this project it to simplify acquiring institutional information and to create a Web site that contains information for every college in the state of Arizona. It has been an honor having this experience with my classmates and my partner.

My name is Jordan Davies and I graduated from Bourgade Catholic High School last year with the honor of being initiated into the Quill and Scroll society. I am majoring in Life Sciences and plan to pursue my education past my Bachelor’s Degree. Rodel has already opened several paths for me and I am excited to give all I have back into the program. The project that I am working on is the High School Dropout Attentional Biases Longitudinal study. The goal of this project is to further strengthen the ability to predict students who have a higher risk of dropping out by examining their physiological reaction to educational related threatening cues.

My name is Jessica Fallon. I was born and raised in Glendale, Arizona. I am 19 years old and am a sophomore at Arizona State University. I am majoring in Special Education with a minor in Spanish. This is my second year in Rodel. Last year, Joseph Torres and I started the Remix Mentorship in the City of Avondale. Remix is a program for adolescents aged 14-17 who are currently on probation. This year Sasha and I are continuing Remix as well as building a curriculum for other mentoring relationships

My name is Katrina Garcia and I was born and raised in Douglas, AZ and graduated from Douglas High School. Currently, I am a sophomore attending ASU West majoring in Communication Studies with a minor in Public Relations. I am a well-determined individual that has a goal to surpass my next one. My project is entitled “Brain Research,” this will be a meta-analysis on children and adolescent behaviors that affect their education.

I am Charmaine Guillory, a graduate of Millennium High School and a junior studying business management and entrepreneurship. After receiving my degree, I plan to attend a school for fashion design to aid me in achieving my career goal of opening my own clothing store. I enjoy reading, writing, and anything that relates to fashion. I look forward to participating in the Rodel community once again and working on the PARENT project.

Hello, my name is Monica Hill and this year I am a sophomore. I graduated high school from Tolleson Union High School and now I am looking to pursue a B.S in psychology and hopefully a minor in criminology. I enjoy being a part of the Rodel Community Scholarship Program because the program supports the scholars as well as the community.

My name is Sarah Johnson and I am a junior at Arizona State University. I am pursuing an Integrative Studies major with a business concentration and a communications minor. I am currently involved in several organizations on this campus that will greatly assist prospective and current college students. I am a part of The Rodel Community Scholars. In this program, I will be working on a project that focuses on creating an efficient scholarship database that will provide students a resource in finding financial aid for most colleges and universities in Arizona. I am also involved with the ASU West campus’ student government, which is a really exciting organization that allows me to network with both faculty and students. Lastly, I am a Community Assistant at the Las Casas Residential Hall. This position allows me to aid freshmen to become more adjusted to college life. I believe my involvement in these positions and organizations will greatly enhance my communicating, organizing, planning and managing skills, all of which will assist in my prospective career as a hotel manager.

My name is Matthew Magallanez and I am a freshman at ASU at the West campus. I am from the small town of Superior, Arizona. My major is Exploratory Social and Behavioral Sciences, but I eventually plan on majoring in Criminal Justice and Criminology. I am working with my partner, Sarah Tok, on the CTEL Faculty-Community Research Database. We are creating this database in an effort to create partnerships between CTEL professors and participating schools around Arizona, which will solve educational issues identified by the schools. The database will hold contact information of the participating schools and three areas of interest the schools have chosen. The database then can be used and accessed by the CTEL professors to establish partnerships.

My name is Jennifer Martinez-Chavez. I am a returning Rodel Community Scholar. I am an education major and my graduation date is set for May 2010. I enjoy working with high school students, which my internship and Rodel has given me the opportunity to do. I also recently got married on June 6 of this year. I am excited about the upcoming school year and the project I get to work on through this awesome scholarship foundation.

My name is Bryce Reynoso. I am a junior attending ASU West. I have just entered the Professional Teacher Preparation Program in the College of Teacher Education and Leadership and my major is Secondary Education. This is my third year as a Rodel Community Scholar. I am working on two projects this year: College 101 with Franklin Police and Fire High School and the ASU / University of Arizona Food Fight. In College 101, I have created a class for high school juniors that will prepare them for their senior year and school after they graduate. The latter involves Rodel, State Farm, St. Mary’s Food Bank, and U of A. The project pits ASU with U of A in a competition to see which can raise the most food for their respective local food banks. I look forward to the completion of both of these projects and my second-to-last year of college.

My name is Jesus Rojas and I am a proud member of the Rodel Scholar Community here at ASU West Campus. Currently, I am a freshman at ASU majoring in Secondary Math Education. I was born in San Luis Rio Colorado Sonora, Mexico 18 years ago. I lived in my birth town for 14 years when my family decided to move to the United Sates in 2005. As a graduate of San Luis High School in 2009, I joined the school's soccer team and became the captain during my senior year. At the moment, I am working on a project which consists of creating a principal contact database for principals from all schools in Arizona.

My name is Jessica Tocora I was born and raised in Glendale, Arizona. This is my senior year and I am currently working on receiving a double bachelor degree in Global Business with an emphasis on finance and Spanish. I have an aspiration to become a successful Hispanic businesswoman, by assisting minority groups, in shortfall areas such as, education, finance, business and immigration. I look forward to my senior year, given that this will be my second year participating in the Rodel Community Scholar Program. My first year in Rodel my partner and I created workshops called “Money 101” for high school students, and we won the State Farm project of the year. This year I will be working with the Kurt Warner, First Things First Foundation in assisting with The Midwest Flood Relief. The Midwest Flood Relief was established by Kurt Warner to help with the rebuilding of thousands of homes destroyed due to the flooding. I trust that this upcoming experience will enhance my college career, by developing and improving my leadership skills, as well as, increasing my involvement within the community and making a difference.

My name is O'Shea Tometi and I was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. My parents were born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, before moving to the U.S. and having my two other siblings and I. I am a Global Business major and I plan on graduating in the Fall of '09. This is my second year in the Rodel Community Scholars program. I plan on continuing the study that my partner and I started last year that relates to AIMS mathematics scores with higher and lower income schools. I also am starting an after school juvenile mentoring program with my partner that will take place at an alternative school in Eloy, Arizona.

Hello, my name is Jennifer Tyrrell. I am a junior in my second year as a Rodel Community Scholar here at the West Campus. I am majoring in secondary education and look forward to becoming a high school history teacher. I'm extremely excited about my project in the Rodel program. My partner and I have the opportunity to mentor at-risk adolescents at Sierra Oasis Alternative School in Eloy, Az. Overall, I am very happy to be apart of this program and cannot wait to see what the end of the year results hold for our project this year!

My name is Angela Walsh, and this is my fourth year at ASU. I am a Life Sciences major, Psychology minor, and a student in Barrett, The Honors College. I have begun working on my honors thesis this year, and after I graduate, I plan to pursue a career in pharmacy or research. This is my third year in Rodel, and after working hard for two years on the Arizona P.A.R.E.N.T. project, I am going to focus on a research-based project, The Impact of Free and or Reduced Lunch on Third Grade Mathematics AIMS Scores. I am also the Vice President of Honors Devils and the current President of Young Democrats at ASU West.

My name is Melissa A. Wilson and I am a senior at ASU West. I am double majoring in Psychology and Social and Behavioral Sciences with a social emphasis. After graduation I plan to attend graduate school to study population geography. This is my first year as a RODEL Community Scholar and I am excited to work with my partner Ashton Conwell to create a database of information about all schools in Arizona as a resource for professors who want to do research on children and various concerns related to education.