Congratulations to Fareeza Islam, a 2010 graduate of Schenectady High School, who was recently named 2011 Distinguished Leader of Tomorrow by the Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York recently at the Desmond.

Islam was born and raised in Guyana, South America.  She graduated from Schenectady High School with an International Baccalaureate Diploma and is currently a freshman at Colgate University.  She is involved in numerous activities including the Leaders of Tomorrow Program (LOFT), the Letter Project, and the Caribbean Student Association.  She is majoring in Pre-Med and Biology and aspires to become a biomedical engineer.