The CC team is beyond excited to introduce our first cohort of Student Ambassadors. These nine high school and college students will be writing articles, creating college lists, participating in the community discussions, supporting our social media, and taking on other projects to share their college experience with our community and spread the word about CC.
Read on to learn more about them and click here to find out their great advice for college-bound students!
Amelia Leone a.k.a. @amelial26
Amelia Leone is a current junior at NEST+m High School in Manhattan. She is an editor of her school’s newspaper as well as the President of the non-profit tutoring organization, Learning Pals. Amelia enjoys running, dancing, and exploring NYC’s vibrant foods, thrilling activities, and hidden places.
Growing up in New York City, Amelia has been exposed to a variety of cultures and perspectives. She looks forward to sharing her own experience with the college process, as well as experiences of students with varying goals and backgrounds
Delaney Roe a.k.a @delaney.roe
Delaney is a first-year student at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts where she is majoring in Business Administration with her concentration still to be determined. She is originally from Phoenix, Arizona but spent some time as a child living overseas in both Shanghai, China and Taipei, Taiwan. Delaney is super excited to explore all the opportunities available to her at Northeastern and is eager to help other students navigate college admissions in general.
Gabby Alphonse a.k.a. @galphonse1
Gabby is a freshman attending Case Western (Go Spartans!). She will be majoring in Neuroscience with a minor in Sports Medicine. In high school, she was involved in Student Government and National Honor Society and was on the Varsity Cross Country, Soccer, and Track Team. She currently is on the CWRU Women’s Track & Field Team and the Freshman Secretary of the Class Officer Collective. She is super passionate about helping others reach their goals and especially helping those who want to go down a similar path as she does. She’s super excited to be a part of the College Confidential Fam!
Grayson Seibert a.k.a. @graysondutch
Grayson is a first-year architecture major at the University of Southern California. He is originally from Arkansas, discovering his passion for architecture, while working on community architectural renovation projects in his hometown. Grayson plans to focus his career in architecture on historic preservation, inspired by the architectural potential which exists in his hometown as well as multiple other small towns throughout the Delta region. When Grayson has his little bit of free time not spent in the studio, he enjoys collecting vinyl records and thrifting. He also really likes soup, he even wrote his common app personal essay about why he likes soup so much.
Lisa Zhang a.k.a. @Lisa_Zhang
Lisa Zhang is a senior at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, California. She is a passionate writer, Etsy shop owner, and animal rights activist. Her love for horses and volleyball is infinite, and her guilty pleasure is reading mystery novels. One of her all-time favorite authors is Agatha Christie. In college, she plans to pursue business with a minor in psychology.
Meghan Hartman a.k.a. @MegHartman
Meghan Hartman is a sophomore at James Madison University from New Jersey. She’s currently studying Media Art and Design, with a concentration in Creative Advertising and a minor in Honors Interdisciplinary Studies. Her main involvement at JMU is in the Alpha Delta Pi sorority, where she lives in the sorority house and is a member of the executive board. Outside of school, she loves to read and hopes to one day work in the publishing industry. She also enjoys traveling and plans on studying abroad her junior year.
Riley Chong a.k.a. @rileyxchong
Riley Chong is a current student at Vanderbilt University studying Public Health, Public Policy, and Economics. He is an avid runner and coffee drinker and enjoys listening to artists such as SZA, Harry Styles, COIN, sunshine blvd, The Weeknd, and ABBA. Riley is incredibly passionate about college advising, the application process, educational equity, and social justice, and he is excited to start this new role as an Ambassador at College Confidential!
Ryan Tierney a.k.a. @tierney_ryanjfk
Ryan P. Tierney is a third-year student at Harvard College who is seeking a degree in History and Literature with a secondary in Economics. He hails from Castle Rock, Colorado, where he graduated Valedictorian from Regis Jesuit High School.
At Harvard, Tierney is a Staff Writer and former Editor for the Harvard Political Review, the Director of Community Partnerships for the John F. Kennedy Junior Forum, a researcher for the Harvard Undergraduate Foreign Policy Initiative, the President of the Harvard ROTC Association, the Co-President and Co-founder of the Harvard Hibernian Club, an athlete on the Harvard Varsity Men’s Swim and Dive Team, and a 2nd Class Midshipman in the Old Ironsides Naval ROTC Battalion, where he is seeking a commission in the United States Navy upon graduation.
In his free time, Tierney enjoys playing jazz trumpet, hiking, camping, skiing, reading, cooking, playing video games, building LEGOs, and spending time with his family and pet cats.
Shreya Nagunuri a.k.a. @smiley_face101
Shreya is a freshman at the University of California, San Diego where she studies Math and Computer Science. She is passionate about social justice and using technology in unconventional ways to better the lives of others. In high school, she was heavily involved in Speech and Debate and taught speech and debate to students around the world. In addition, she conducted research at the University of Southern California on epilepsy and post-traumatic brain injury. Her main involvement in college is Women in Computing and ACM where she and her peers create fun projects with software. In her free time, she loves teaching, reading, and exploring hidden gems in San Diego.
Join me in welcoming them by saying “hi” in the comments below. Also, please treat them kindly and graciously as they familiarize themselves with the forums. If anything, please flag it to me and I’ll look into it.
Always open to answering your questions whether about my high school experience, college search process, or CWRU! Let’s get this party started 
