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<b>Isabel Pinto, 17</b><br>
<b>School:</b> Mineola High School<br>
<b>Academics:</b> B-student. <br>
<b>Activities:</b> She tutors Spanish in the middle school and volunteers for Increase the Peace, a Mineola group that teaches tolerance to younger students. She works at an insurance company.<br>
<b>Plans:</b> Wants to study political science and law.<br>
<b>College search:</b> Applying to Fordham, NYU, Villanova, St. John's, LIU's C.W. Post campus, Adelphi and Hofstra.<br>
<b>Personal:</b> Half Portuguese, half Venezuelan, she would be the first in her family to go to a four-year college. She wrote an essay about growing up quickly after a relative was diagnosed with a severe illness.

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Isabel Pinto, 17
School: Mineola High School
Academics: B-student.
Activities: She tutors Spanish in the middle school and volunteers for Increase the Peace, a Mineola group that teaches tolerance to younger students. She works at an insurance company.
Plans: Wants to study political science and law.
College search: Applying to Fordham, NYU, Villanova, St. John's, LIU's C.W. Post campus, Adelphi and Hofstra.
Personal: Half Portuguese, half Venezuelan, she would be the first in her family to go to a four-year college. She wrote an essay about growing up quickly after a relative was diagnosed with a severe illness. (Newsday / Robert Mecea / December 8, 2006)

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