Frederica Lamar
Hall of Fame 2016 Cohort
Majoring in STEM
High School Graduation Year: 2011
Year First Awarded the Carson Scholarship, School: 2007, Jean Childs Young Middle School
Sponsored by: UPS Foundation
Frederica graduated from Johns Hopkins University not only with a bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering, but also as a world traveler having traveled to Ghana, Brazil, Germany and Jamaica. She interned with the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the University of Hawaii – Hilo. Frederica recently moved to New Orleans to start a two-year MSPH program in Global Environmental Health Sciences. Although new to New Orleans, she is already volunteering in beautification projects throughout the city.
Because of her nurturing and protective reputation with her family and friends, Frederica would select the female polar bear as her spirit animal.
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