From High School to Higher Ed: Congrats to Our 97 College-Bound Scholars

97 Governor's STEM Scholars graduated from high school this spring.

Lamarr Olive

Riya Shenvi

Madison Walia-Paters

Vaishvik Vidavalapati

Prisha Malik

Happy Boutrus

Isha Bhata

Madeline Hunt

Tanishka Dhake

Yash Pathak

Morgan Walia-Peters

Ashley Diaz

Dennise Munyao

Akintunde Fasoro

Keira Lee

Abhay Sankar

Prisha Malhotra

Lola Lopez-Spencer

Jonathan Duran

Kevin Jin

Ishir Rao

Shreya Dutt

Fatima Lira

Matthew Abad

Hayden Schechter

Aryan Garg

Sophia Halm

Jollen Dai

Suchit Basineni

Pomaah Kumah

Isabella Santinho

Lithra Sankari

Shirin Sood

Aiden Ogborn

Anyelo Cruz

The Governor's STEM Scholars congratulates our alumni in the Class of 2025! This year, 97 Scholars from our 2023, 2024, and 2025 cohorts are graduating from high school. We’re incredibly proud of all you’ve accomplished and can’t wait to see the impact you’ll make in college and beyond.

Our 2025 high school graduates are:

Matthew Abad, Trenton Central High School

Janine Abdo, Al-Ghazaly Jr./Sr. High School

Nishi Agrawal, Edison Academy Magnet School

Pomaah Agyen-Kumah, Neptune High School

Oluwadarasimi Ajewole, South Brunswick High School

Myra Almeida, Mountain Lakes High School

Blessing Anyangwe, Mount Olive High School

Jeffry Arteaga, Trenton Central High School

Michelle Ayala, Jose Marti STEM Academy

Suchit Basineni, High Technology High School

Sanjushree Bastia, Dwight Morrow High School

Julissa Beltrán, Kent Place School

Isha Bhatia**, Morris Hills High School

Hazel Bonilla, Jose Marti STEM Academy

Happy Boutrus, High Tech High School

Robert Bress, New Providence High School

Alexandra Bruno, Ramsey High School

Seidy Castillo, Essex County Newark Tech

Julio Cervantes, Jose Marti STEM Academy

Pooja Challi, West Windsor Plainsboro High School South

Anyelo Cruz, Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering

Jollen Dai, Bridgewater Raritan High School

Tanishka Dhake, John P. Stevens High School

Ashley Diaz Saguay, Science Park High School

Jonathan Duran, Jose Marti STEM Academy

Valerie Duran, Jose Marti STEM Academy

Shreya Dutt, Woodbridge Academy Magnet School

Omolola Falana, Union County Magnet High School

Akintunde Fasoro, Morris Knolls High School

Isabella Fernandes-Santinho, High Tech High School

Adam Freedman, Lenape High School

Fiona Gale, Middle Township High School

Jenny Gao, Ridge High School

Aryan Garg, Woodbridge Academy Magnet School

Saanvi Goel, Bridgewater Raritan High School

Eliana Gonzalez Leon, Atlantic City High School

Dylan Gray, Hunterdon County Academies

Ian Grenda, Delbarton School

Hillary Guarango, Jose Marti STEM Academy

Ali Hagag, Roxbury High School

Sophia Halm, Columbia High School

Carolyn He, Academy for Math, Science, and Engineering

Emily Hickey, Summit High School

Shelby Hilarczyk, Edison Academy Magnet School

Madeline Hunt, Matawan Regional High School

Noah Hyun, Lenape High School

Leah Inzana, Old Bridge High School

Esther Ishola, Essex County Newark Tech

Shreyaah Iyer, John P. Stevens High School

Kevin Jin, Delbarton School

Ashley Kim, Cresskill High School

Gauri Kshettry, Edison High School STEM Academy

Keira Lee, Mountain Lakes Highschool

Lukas Liakhovitch, Pope John XXIII Regional High School

Angelina Lin, Warren Hills Regional High School

Fatima Lira, Bergen County Academies

Lily Liu, New Providence High School

Lola López-Spencer, Stuart Country Day School

Alexandra MacMullin, Pope John XXIII High School

Prisha Malhotra, Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School

Prisha Malik, Academy of Math Science and Engineering

Arnav Mohanty, North Brunswick Township High School

Dennise Munyao, Bergen Arts and Science Charter

Arata Nakano, Morris Knolls High School

Ashley Noboa, Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School Of Technology

Aidan Ogborn, Metuchen High School

Lamarr Olive, Clifton High School

Yash Pathak, Woodbridge Academy Magnet School

Kaavya Pratikantham, Woodbridge Academy Magnet School

Cesar Ramirez, Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering

Disha Rana, Passaic Academy For Science and Engineering

Ishir Rao, Chatham High School

Sanjay Ravishankar, Edison Academy Magnet School

Alexander Relovsky, Diana C. Lobosco STEM Academy

Christina Salazar, Diana C. Lobosco STEM Academy

Lindsey Samuel, Fair Lawn High School

Abhay Sankar, Bridgewater Raritan High School

Lithra Sankari*, Parsippany High School

Alexander Savov, Mainland Regional High School

Hayden Schechter, Marine Academy of Science and Technology

Vinav Shah, The Pingry School

Zashaan Tahaqqum Shaik, Edison High School

Shubham Sharma, Hillsborough High School

Ved Shenoy*, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

Riya Shenvi, Bridgewater-Raritan High School

Breanna Smith, West Orange High School

Shirin Sood, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North

Connor Stager, Hunterdon Central Regional High School

Vamsikrishna Vaidyula, Bridgewater-Raritan High School

Riyashi Varia, Bergen County Academies

Nandini Venkatesh, Edison Academy Magnet School

Amber Verma, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North

Vaishvik Vidavalapati*, Academy for Health and Medical Sciences

Madison Walia-Peters**, Hoboken High School

Morgan Walia-Peters, Hoboken High School

Saniya Williams, Toms River High School North

Audrey Xu, Livingston High School

*denotes High School Valedictorian

**denotes High School Salutatorian

*Are you a Governor's STEM Scholars alumni and would like to be highlighted here? Please send your 2025 high school graduation photo to Alise Roderer at aroderer@rdnj.org.