Mater Academy graduate Sara H. Morales heads to Barnard College

Sara H. Morales is a first generation high school student who recently graduated from both Mater Academy Charter High School with a 5.29 GPA with highest honors, and earned an Associate of Arts Degree from Miami Dade College and Doral College. Morales is a long standing member of Model United Nations, Gay-Straight Alliance and Social Justice League. She is also editor-in-chief of a independently published online magazine, La Fuerza, which features art made by young teens around the nation. Additionally, she is a National AP Scholar, was awarded a Wellesley Book honor , and is the recent recipient of the Young Women With Purpose scholarship. She will be attending Barnard College of Columbia University in New York City in the fall to pursue a joint major in Philosophy and Human Rights Studies.