2008 St. Margaret’s Tartan Scholar

Daysy Arellano – Barnard College
Daysy is a school leader who raised awareness on social justice issues in the Upper School.  She recently conducted a campaign to advocate for one of Mexico’s “dump cities” and ran a half-marathon to raise funds for a school amidst such impoverished conditions.  She was selected as a Peer Counselor and her peers voted her Homecoming Princess two years in a row.  She was the first Tartan Scholar voted to the Homecoming Court and the first student in the school’s history voted to the Court twice.  This year she served as one of sixteen A Better Chance (ABC) National Leadership Council members, representing this program in the Western Region.  Academically, she earned honor roll recognition every semester at St. Margaret’s.  Daysy ran Track & Field for three years and Cross Country all four years where her team qualified for the state finals three times.  Her Cross Country Coach says, “She is the mortar that kept the team going.  All of this in addition to her great running times.”  Daysy completed her Independent Senior Project as an intern for Breakthrough San Juan Capistrano. She was offered admission to Barnard College, University of California Davis, University of California Santa Cruz, Northern Arizona University, Southwestern University, Trinity College and Whittier College.  She will attend Barnard College on a full soccer scholarship and plans to pursue her passion for nonprofit work in her future career.