With close to 20,000 students in attendance, Baruch College is an embodiment of life in New York City: a diverse melting pot which we rarely have time to interact in. Students hustle and bustle throughout the day knowing the next day will offer much of the same. Angelina Lorenzo is just one of many caught in this cycle. But the 19-year-old stands out in a way that many students – and New Yorkers , in general – won’t think about when they reflect on how they identify themselves: their citizenship status.
Lorenzo, a 19-year-old junior, has always valued education; her mother would shape these values in the process. “It’s a Hispanic thing. It’s just culture. In the Hispanic culture, they believe education is the way to success,” said Lorenzo.
Undoubtedly, these values have stuck. She was valedictorian in both middle school and high school; her high school would go on to help her choose Baruch College – her top choice.
Currently tackling her junior year, Lorenzo is majoring in Public Affairs. She chose Baruch for its business reputation, but was pointed towards public affairs, knowing she wanted to involve herself with a future in business or non-profit work.
This comes as no surprise. Lorenzo worked at Phipps Neighborhoods, a not-for-profit which “provides children, youth and families in low-income neighborhoods the opportunities they need to thrive through comprehensive education and career programs, and access to community services.” She also contributes time to the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation, her former high school, every summer since graduating. There she helps with The Bridge to College program, a program targeting soon-to-depart seniors before they matriculate into college. This same program would help Lorenzo when it came to her college application; she would pass on this knowledge to her sister and her sister’s friends when their application time came. “I’ve definitely put those skills to work,” Lorenzo remarked, when reflecting on her time at Urban Assembly. “I love that school.”
As an aspiring business leader and major of Public Affairs, Lorenzo stays informed with the current state of affairs – especially with this tumultuous elections underway.
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