Makda Berhanu, a senior at Prospect high school located in Saratoga, California, she is set to graduate in 2015 and hopes to attend a four year university to pursue her career in medicine and minor in business. Makda is a volunteer, athlete and emerging humanitarian. Born in her home country of Ethiopia. Makda came to the United States of America at the age of four.
From a tender age of four Makda has been a kind natured girl who is deeply inclined towards caring for people with special needs regardless of age, and color. She has an inner passion for assisting the poor and disabled. She has a deep feeling for justice and equality, believes in strict observance of moral values and strong work ethic that enables her pursue her dream of being a humanitarian.
Makda would like to found an orphanage in her home country Ethiopia where she had spent her 2012 summer vacation visiting some of the few orphanages and doing charity works. Makda has been actively engaged in community service from the age of twelve and will continue doing so passionately in the foreseeable future. Makda has received a certificate of achievement for her commendable service in helping her community, a letter of recognition from Stanford in par taking in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fellows program, and received the coaches award from Prospect High School in basketball for showing great leadership skills on and off the court.
Makda Berhanu is the Vice President of NAACP youth chapter in San Jose. She got involved in the NAACP to become a leader and advocate in her community. Being a young lady she believes in setting the example that there are no limitations when wanting to achieve success; and that it is possible to reach for the stars.
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