Gerry Camarena

Gerry Camarena
Baltimore, MD
Grade 9

     Gerry is a two-time Carson Scholar from Baltimore, MD.  This past year, Gerry was honored as his middle school’s “Student of the Year.”  Gerry is fluent in Spanish and is beginning his third year in French.  He recently competed in the "Le Grand Concours" -An Annual National French Contest sponsored by the American Teachers of French where he placed 4th in the state and 5th in the country.  Gerry is in the All County Honors Orchestra and was First Chair in the Honors Orchestra for violin.  In his spare time, Gerry has participated in Project Clean Stream, served Thanksgiving meals to the elderly, collected toys for Toys-for-Tots, participated in a food drive and is a Boy Scout.  One day Gerry hopes to become an aerospace engineer.