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The College of New Jersey Magazine
MigHty dreaMs, FaB Futures
MICHAEL POLANIA
Master's program in astrophysics, The City University of New York
JESS LAZAR
Special education teacher, West Windsor-Plainsboro school district
JASMINE DELGADO
Continuing her art in Puerto Rico
Delgado studied abroad in Berlin
for a year, choosing that city,
in part, for its abundance of murals. "I like art that is
accessible to everybody," she says. She plans to create murals
in her next venture: "I'm going to go to Borikén (Puerto Rico)
to reconnect with my roots and practice my art."
A winner of TCNJ's
Distinguished
Clinical Intern Award,
which recognizes
outstanding student
teachers, Lazar will
take her Trenton
Central High School
classroom experience
to her students in her
full-time teaching
position.
Ask Polania what dark
matter is,
and he's quick
to kid: "If I knew,
I wouldn't be here," he
says, referring to his
interest in this mysteri-
ous substance that affects
how stars move around
and shape the cosmos. As
a budding scientist, it's his
goal to figure it out.
