VCYC Executive Board

Lorilynn

President

Lorilynn

Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
Email: vcycyouthpresident@gmail.com

Lorilynn, a senior at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, is the President of the Volunteer Center Youth Coalition for the 2011-2012 year. She devotes much of her time into her volunteer work as she also absorbed the position of the Vice President of Programming during elections. She has chaired multiple events in 2010, including 9/11 service day and Make a Difference Day. Lorilynn works as a waitress and a hostess at her father’s business, Lomeli’s Italian Restaurent. Furthermore, she participates in several clubs such as the National Honor Society and the National English Honor Society at her school. She often indulges in literature and spends much of her free time writing. She aspires to expand the family business alongside her brother, Ray Lomeli, and her Father, Carlo Lomeli; ergo, she wants to go to college and study business with a minor in English.

Lorilynn decided to serve as a member of VCYC in 2010, because she was seeking of ways to better improve the community. As a President of VCYC, Lorilynn implements, alongside fellow members, service projects throughout the year; in addition, she helps make changes within VCYC as she also engages in the membership committee and the Constitution committee.

Madison

Vice President

Madison

Bishop Montgomery High School
Email: vcycyouthvicepresident@gmail.com

Madison is a senior at Bishop Montgomery High School. Some of Madison’s favorite activities involve exercising and staying in shape. She participates on her school’s soccer and tennis teams. She also loves to play piano and pull out her guitar frequently to play her favorite rock and roll songs, including her icons’ music John Lennon and Taylor Swift. Not only does Madison love to play sports, she also has a strong passion for service to her community. At Bishop Montgomery, Madison is the Vice President of Concordia and an active participant of the Ecology Club and the Invisible Children Club. Her main passion for service comes from the smiles of children she receives after she volunteers. This is why she chose to became more involved with the Volunteer Center Youth Coalition. Her duties as Vice President involve being responsible for all meeting and event reminders and serving as the co-chair of the Martin Luther King Event Committee alongside the President. Because she loves to work with children, she plans to go to college to become a nurse who works with babies and children. She plans on getting a major in nursing and a minor in business and Spanish. Madison Balter feels it is her duty to serve as an active member of her community and she hopes to inspire others with her efforts.

Danielle Erin

VP of Membership

Danielle Erin

Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
Email: vcycyouthmembership@gmail.com

Danielle Erin currently attends Palos Verdes Peninsula High School. In addition to her schoolwork, she plays the cello and volunteers for Providence Little Company of Mary Hospital and VCYC. After talking to her friend about VCYC, Erin was inspired to join the youth program. During the past year, she has matured from all the events within the program. Now she is Co-Vice President of Membership and recruits new members by bringing the program to more schools around the South bay area. Hoping to attend college in the U.S. or England, Erin plans to double major in the field of science and business.

Unnati

Unnati

South High School
Email: vcycyouthmembership@gmail.com

Unnati is a senior at South High School in Torrance. Outside of academics, she volunteers at the Torrance Memorial Medical Center every week and works as an assistant teacher in the Sunday school at her temple. Some of her hobbies include reading, watching TV, and listening to music. When it comes to college, she would like to attend Rice University in Texas because of their great medical program. After obtaining her undergrad in pre-medicine, she hopes to attend medical school and study to become a heart surgeon. She joined VCYC to give back to the community and to gain the experience of how volunteering really makes a difference. VCYC has become a major part of her life and every part of VCYC is her favorite. She currently serves as the Co-Vice President of Membership.

VP of Finance

Email: vcycyouthfinance@gmail.com

Avinash

Avinash

South High School

Avinash is currently a senior at South High. He has a profound passion for sports, especially basketball, and he enjoys doing Hap Ki Do and spending time with family and friends. Avinash still finds time to help and serve his community. Not only does he volunteer with VCYC, but he also volunteers his time at the Torrance Memorial Hospital and has served as a black belt instructor in Hap Ki Do. Avinash joined VCYC to gain more leadership experience and to explore different ways to be involved with his community. His responsibility as Co-Commissioner of Finance is to create and organize fundraisers that help support the events held by VCYC. He is hoping to attend a university that offers a strong program in kinesiology/sport medicine and then pursuing a career in that field.

Allen

South High School
Bio coming soon

Secretaries

Email: vcycyouthsecretary@gmail.com

Patrick

Patrick

Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
Patrick is currently a senior at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School. His interests are diverse and unrestricted. Along with academics, Patrick is active in several clubs and Varsity Lacrosse. He joined VCYC after participating in MLK Day and has enjoyed meeting new people while helping the community through volunteerism. As co-secretary, Patrick takes on part of the responsibility of the Executive Board in running VCYC. He hopes to continue his involvement in this program as long as time allows.

InYeong

InYeong

Bishop Montgomery High School
InYeong is the secretary of the VCYC. Being a part of the Volunteer Center means a lot to her because she learns how to organize meetings and socialize with others. She really loves to see the members and she loves to volunteer! She enjoys many different types of volunteer activities because she develops leadership skills while contributing to her community. Because of her volunteer experience with the VCYC, her character has grown more passionate and positive. At Bishop Montgomery High School, InYeong is the president of the Broadcasting club and vice president of the Newspaper club. She was also on ASB last year and served for her school. She plays sports such as cross country and track. In addition to school activities, InYeong volunteers are her church by leading the praise team and serving for disabled students. She teaches children of the Awana club which is a Bible study school and Korean language school. She likes to play guitar and film movies. InYeong wants to enjoy her senior year with the members of the VCYC and volunteering for the community.

Historian

Email: vcycyouthhistorian@gmail.com

Nhi

Nhi

Hawthorne Math and Science Academy
Nhi is currently attending Hawthorne Math and Science Academy as a junior. As co-Historian on the Executive Board, her job is to document the organizations’ events by taking photos, updating the Facebook page, and assembling a scrapbook for the year. Besides being a part of VCYC, she also helps the community by volunteering at Providence Little Company of Mary Hospital and multiple elementary schools in the area. On top of that, she takes an active role in her school as the vice-president of MESA, the editor of the school’s newspaper, and a member of Key Club. On her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, running, and listening to music. She wants to attend a university away from Los Angeles to pursue a career in the medical field. She joined VCYC with great enthusiasm from observing such impact the organization had on the community. She believes that this organization is the perfect opportunity to give back and do some good in the world.