Three Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School students will be heading to competitive schools in Cambridge, Mass. this fall.
Harvard College accepted Maurits Acosta and Roberto Carmona in Dec. 2024; Michael Cuba will attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after receiving a QuestBridge scholarship.
Maurits, 17, of Hialeah, is vice chair of the Miami Lakes Youth Activities Task Force and founded a nonprofit organization, Virtutem Populo, which promotes civics education for high school students.
Maurits also serves as the student advisor to the Miami-Dade County School Board and is an officer for the school’s
Parent-Teacher-Student Association. At college, he plans to major in government and then to attend law school.
Roberto, 17, of Hialeah, serves as president of Miami-Dade County Public Schools Student Government and is part of HML’s
Science National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society, a media release from the school said.
He is currently part of the school’s legal magnet program and plans to pursue a double major in government and romance languages. Roberto aspires to serve as a diplomat representing the United States at the United Nations, according to the school. He is the first person in his family to attend college.
Michael, 17, from Opa-Locka, will study engineering at MIT. He is a percussion section leader for HML’s Trojan Marching Band and is part of the school’s
National Honor Society and chess team.
QuestBridge helps high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds attend summer courses and obtain college scholarships, internships and mentors.