Dept. Chair Danielle Raguzin with St. John's Women in Science Award winners
Dept. Chair Danielle Raguzin with St. John's Women in Science Award winners 

Huntington Seniors Presented Women in Science Society Awards

June 24, 2026

Science has been an academic discipline that has fascinated Huntington High School students since the earliest days of classroom education in the community.

Ever since 48 leading citizens joined together in 1793 and pledged the funds needed to erect a school building devoted to providing the young people of the community with a “classical” high school education, Huntington has been on the cutting edge of classroom instruction and has been sending its graduates to the top colleges and universities in the country and into every possible career field.

Now, 233 years later, Huntington High School students continue to challenge themselves and they are still pursuing answers to some of the most difficult and mind-numbing questions posed by a variety of scientific fields.

Twenty-one members of Huntington’s Class of 2026 recently captured the St. John’s University Women in Science Society Award for their sensational record of study. The teenagers were presented with certificates by Chairwoman of Science Danielle Raguzin during a ceremony in the high school auditorium.

The award recipients include Dana Saramago (LIU Post), Joanna Villalta Vilorio (Adelphi University), Jessica Lee (The College of New Jersey), Keysy Diaz Campos (Molloy University), Jordana Boxer (Cornell University), Claire Parks (University of Colorado, Boulder), Rachel Huth (Duke University), Cecilena Monge Moreira (Villanova University), Mildred Hernandez Veliz (Hofstra University), Heather Herman (California State University, Monterey Bay), Giana Anfolisi (University of Central Florida), Wynne Franciscovich (College of Charleston), Amani Huq (Cornell University), Grace Oliva (Wake Forest University), Emma Polinsky (University of Virginia), Heileen Torres (Colgate University), Naomi Lyons (University of Vermont), Isabella Palacios (University of Michigan), Angelina Hernandez (Stony Brook University) and Maybelin Maldonado Licona (University of Tampa).

Huntington UFSD officials and teachers are already planning for a new year of science study.