Amanda Gonzalez-Merrill
Miss
Oregon's Outstanding Teen 2009
Hometown:
Springfield
Scholastic Ambition : To graduate with honors
from high school; obtain a BS in Forensic Science
with an emphasis in Biology/Chemistry and a minor in
Theater Arts
Career Ambition : My ambition is to work in
the entertainment industry as an on-stage
actress/singer or to work as a Forensic Scientist
for the FBI
Talent : Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
Platform issue: Promoting Physical Fitness
for Today’s Youth
Scholastic Honors : 4 yr Honor Roll; 07-09
Varsity cross country & track; Presidential Academic
Excellence; 07-08 Scholar-Athlete; Enrolled in 6
honors classes per semester; Presidential Fitness
Award
Accomplishments : 2010 Jr. class President;
08-09 Soph SB President; 07-08 Frosh SB President;
08 OSAA Leadership representative; 07-09 ASB Student
Council representative; 08-09 CMN
fundraiser/marketing high school leader
Favorite TV Show : ANTM, CSI and Amazing Race
Favorite Food : Teriyaki chicken with white
rice
Favorite Wardrobe Accessory : The most
essential item - earrings
Pets : Two cats named Skittles and Junior
Secret Dream : To sing for Andrew Lloyd
Webber
The one thing I can’t live without : My cell
phone
If I could change anything about myself : I
would be taller
