Naomi Franzblau

Talented teaching assistant offering outstanding communication and problem-solving skills. Fosters positive learning environment by encouraging students to develop individual skills. Specializing in 1:1 instruction, team collaboration and relations with students, parents and support staff.

• QuestBridge Match Scholarship recipient to Dartmouth College, 2023 (full-ride, four-year scholarship)
• QuestBridge National College Match Finalist, 2023
• QuestBridge College Prep Scholar, 2023
• Albrecht Fellow, Youth Diplomats program, World Trade Center Institute, 2023 - a program run by the World Trade Center Institute (Baltimore, MD) that selects promising and high-achieving high school applicants who are interested in pursuing careers in international relations or diplomacy.
• AP Scholar with Distinction, 2022, 2023
• Member of the following honor societies at Dulaney: National Honor Society, Rho Kappa, National Spanish Honor Society.

• Albrecht Youth Diplomats Fellowship, World Trade Center Institute, 01/2023 - 07/2023, Attend monthly guest lectures from January 2023 – July 2023. I participated in and completed a service project with this program in summer 2023.

• Model United Nations (Model UN), Dulaney High School, 2020 - present, Participated from 2020 - present. Held the following positions: Vice president – junior year (2022-2023) Planned and ran biweekly meetings. Led by example. Communicated with conference coordinators and in-school advisors, Implemented and facilitated training of the entire delegate for conference participation. Coordinated all aspects of conferences. Implemented and oversaw conferences. Underclassman youth secretariat – sophomore year (2021-2022)

• ENGin Program, summer 2022-present, As a volunteer, I tutored Ukrainian teens and young adults to help them improve their spoken and written English. Created weekly customized lesson plans for each student, covering a wide range of topics and aspects about American culture and the English language. As a mentor, I guided new tutors through the first several months of tutoring with the ENGin, led new tutors through creating lesson plans, assisted in anticipating and troubleshooting problems with students and technology, and instructed new tutors about the cultural differences between the U.S. and Ukraine.

• Smithsonian digital history transcription project, summer 2023, I volunteered to transcribe one of the Smithsonian’s ongoing digital transcription projects.

• Baltimore County Public Library (BCPL) Teen Advisory Board (2023), Reading Buddy (2021), I have been volunteering with BCPL for several years, first as a Ready Buddy in 2021, for which I tutored several elementary school children during the summer of 2021. In 2022, I was selected to serve on a teen advisory board to brainstorm, create, and then implement ideas that would benefit youth in the community. I was selected to continue to serve on the Teen Advisory Board for the summer of 2023.