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Roxanne Christine "Roxy" Neely (age 20 - 10/03/89)
Heritage speaker of Farsi.
Educational Goal
BA - Iranian Studies (UCLA transfer from CSU-EB), MA National Security Studies (CSU San Bernardino),
MA - Persian Studies (Univ. of Maryland), or Islamic Studies (UCLA), M.S. Organizational Behavior (Polytechnic Institute NYU)
Professional Goal
Linguist - Area Specialist - NSA, State Department, FBI, DHS, CIA, or private contractor.
Current Plan:
Summer 2008 - (6/307/24) Outward Bound Leadership/Survival Course - Costa Rica.
Summer 2009 Intensive Language Program: Farsi CSU Fullerton, (Completed) SLI Scholarship - (Article)(See Photo at Right)
Continued study of Farsi and Arabic at UC Berkeley.(In Progress).
Winter 2009 - Norway - Two weeks.
Summer 2010 Intensive Language Program: Farsi CSU Fullerton study abroad in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.(commitment) SLI Scholarship
Winter 2011 (January) Transfer to UCLA complete BA Iranian Studies or
University
Studying Farsi Second Year - Intermediate
Pacific Arabic Resources School in San Francisco Studying Arabic MSA Level 1, class 3.
Intensive Language Program: Farsi CSU Fullerton
Widely traveled
Norway (12/2009), Costa Rica (7/2008), Venezuela (3/2005), England (2002), Illinois, Maine. Massachusetts, Colorado, Florida(3), North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas,
Washington, D.C., Southwestern United States including Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada (6/2005), Hawaii and Mexico (2).
Dog Sledding, Cross-country Skiing, and Winter Survival Course in Maine (December 27, 2005 - 1 week). Attended
an Outward Bound Snowboarding and Winter Survival course in the Colorado Rockies (3/28/2007), and a 24 Day Survival/Leadership
Course in Costa Rica (07/2008).
Campus Visits (3-7 days)
Summer 2007: Arizona State University Setters and Advanced Technique Camps, Long Beach State University Advanced Setter's
Camp (5 times), UCLA Speed/Explosion Camp, Antelope Valley College, Univ. of Nevada at Las Vegas (2), and CSU-Pomona.
Summer 2006: Univ. of Oklahoma, UC San Diego, UCLA, CSULB.
Summer 2005: CSULB, UC Santa Barbara
Sports and Martial Arts
Volleyball setter for CSU-EB (CCAA, NCAA Division II). Golden League Volleyball Player of the Year 2006 (age 16). Lettered on
varsity volleyball, basketball, and track teams. At age 15 was the 8th ranked adult judoka in the U.S. at 70 kg (2005) and was selected
Outstanding Adult player at the Northglenn 37th Annual Judo Championships in Colorado 2005 (Gold Medal). Judo rank is brown belt
(an adult rank). Silver medal at Jr. Pan American Judo Championships in Valencia, Venezuela in March of 2005. California 2000 State
Champion and 2001 and 2005 National Champion in Judo. Gold Medal at the Maruchan Jr. International Judo Tournament in Florida 2001.
Competed in Judo in England at Wolverhampton in July, 2002. Junior Black belt in the sport of Tae Kwon Do. Competent with a variety of
firearms revolver, pistol, scoped rifle, semi-auto military rifles, shotgun.
2007 graduate of Lancaster High School, Lancaster, CA (age 17). Plays piano and bass clarinet.
Able to speak, read, and write Farsi - Heritage speaker. U.S. citizen.
Roxanne's Brother: Christopher is an Aerospace Engineer (UCLA , '08)
http://campusapps2.fullerton.edu/news/Inside/2009/persian-language-immersian-program.html