Samantha Jarbou Shines

Samantha Jarbou graduated salutatorian of her class at Clio High School, where her family are the only Chaldeans. She was vice president of Student Council and the National Honor Society and the president of Clio High School’s Youth Entrepreneurship Club for 4 years. Samantha is active in the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, also known as NFTE. She invented the “Vest Pack” and the “Handy Ottoman” which took her to win the local, state, and national competitions in New York City, the first student from Michigan to get that far. She participates in HOSA (Future Health Professionals of America), a global student-led organization that enhances students’ leadership, development, and communication skills.

Samantha’s talents and skills have earned her many merits and attention; she was named “Best and the Brightest” on the news station WNEM and marched in the Rose Bowl Parade on New Years Day. She is majoring in Biology with a concentration in Pre-Medicine this coming fall and plans to become an orthopedic surgeon.