Mara Sophia Pardo '29, from Mission, Texas, earned a full International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. She placed second nationally in Business Professionals of America and was recognized as an AP Scholar with Distinction and a National Hispanic Recognition Program honoree. At Dartmouth, she is pursuing a major in Government, with particular interests in public policy and economics; she writes for the Law Journal and is a member of Model UN. Outside the classroom, she has worked extensively to organize migrant aid and humanitarian efforts along the southern border.