Honors Portfolio (2020-2024)
About Me
Hi All! My name is Aliyah Cleveland (she/her pronouns). I planning to be a Public Health Global Health (BS) and Sociology major. I'm in the University of Washington Honors Program and I am also on pre-med track with the goal of becoming a Public Health Physician with an MD and MPH. I'm from Bremerton, Washington and I'm 19 years old.
Hobbies
Reading & Writing
I love reading historic and dystopian fiction novels and I'm actually trying to write my own. I haven't read very much in a while, but I'm trying to get back into it. These are some of the books on my list to read or reread:
The Eternal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Souls of Black Folk
Wolf Hall
Born A Crime
A Promised Land
The Hobbit
Maze Runner
The Circle
Hopefully, I can get to them eventually!​
Music
My music favorites are all over the place. I don't have a bias against any genre, it just all depends on the artist and the song.
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2020-2021 Favorite Artists
Pink Sweat$
Arianna Grande
Silk Sonic (Anderson Paak and Bruno Mars)
Lizzo
Doja Cat
Lil Dickey
Adele
Sam Smith
Sia
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Cooking & Baking
When I have free time, I like to experiment with cooking and baking. I've done both from a young age and have taken on the responsibility of holiday meals for my family. One of my favorite things to cook is soup; it's simple and fun to throw whatever I want in the pot. And one of my favorite things to bake is cinnamon rolls. I'm hoping to incorporate more cooking and meal-planning into my busy schedule.
Exploring
I haven't had the chance to travel much and I've actually never been outside of the country yet. But I love visiting new places and site-seeing. In the past year, I've gotten into hiking. I hope to do some hiking and exploring in Eastern Washington, Oregon, and California. And hopefully, I can join a study abroad program to experience more outside the US.
Sports
I've been playing school sports since middle school, but since starting college I've had to be active on my own. I like running, swimming, hiking, basketball, volleyball, golf, soccer, and active games, but I need to make more time to do them.
Being Curious
I'm a curious person, and that naturally seems to drive me into new things.
One thing I'm curious about is self-subsistence living! I hope to learn more about agriculture, basic survival skills, and natural food sources and systems.
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And I'm also in the process of learning to play Saxophone, becoming fluent in Spanish, and learning ASL.
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Favorites
For now
Color
Blue-Zircon
Place I've Been
Silverdale, WA
Food
Baked Mac&Cheese
Tree
Pacific Madrona Tree
Animal
Elephant
Book
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Dedications
Sponsors
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American Heart Assocation
Mary Gates Endowment
Mentors and Inspirations
Dr. Faisal Malik (MD, MS)
Dr. Girija Kadlaskar (Ph.d.)
Dr. Megan Miller (Ph.d.)
Katherine Manbeck (cPh.d.)
Contributors
HDURG