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Cynthia Reyna
Engineering & Mathematics

Houston’s Cynthia Reyna graduated from Charles H. Milby High School with a 3.96 GPA. Cynthia is an AP Scholar with Honors, High Honor Roll Student, a two-time Science Fair 1st Place Winner, and the recipient of 2nd Place in the Science Bowl Competition.  She is also a recipient of the United Space Alliance/MAES Pre-engineering Scholarship.

While at Milby Cynthia was the President of the National Honor Society and the Secretary of the English Honor Society. Active in her community, Cynthia helps residents complete paperwork at the U.S. Citizenship Workshop, and has volunteered numerous hours in the Raul Yzaguirre School for Success’ technology department.

Last summer, Cynthia formed part of the Houston A+ Summer Internship program for the Baylor College of Medicine where she was able to conduct scientific research on cisplatin-induced toxicities. Furthermore, she served as an intern for the Institute of Orthopedic Research at the Methodist center. Cynthia is also a USA/MAES scholar, recipient of the Phi Beta Kappa and the Jesse H. Jones Scholarship.

Throughout her career, Cynthia hopes to design more resilient structures, which are able to withstand natural disasters and significant long-term use. Of Mexican descent, Cynthia plans to major in Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University.
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