Of Mexican descent, Youali Ramirez of Pauma Valley, California attends Valley Center High School. An AP Honors Scholar with a 3.8 GPA, Youali is a College Board Hispanic Scholar, Valley Center High Jaguar of the Month, and the recipient of a blue ribbon for photography at the San Diego County Fair. A Rotary Club Student of the Month, Youali has also received the organization’s Leadership Award. As Co-Editor-in-Chief of her high school newspaper, she is dedicated to providing news to a society that she believes thirsts for information. The first in her family to attend college, Youali will study Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley.