BEATRIX VALENTINA LOZACH
A.N. McCALLUM HIGH SCHOOL, Austin, Texas. Fine Arts Academy Performance Theatre Major, 10 Productions
• GPA: 4.52 • ACT: 34/English 35, Reading 35, Math 32, Writing 12/12
• Trustee Scholar Award (Top 5%), 2025, 2024, 2023
• National Honor Society 2023-2026
• Seal of Biliteracy in French and English - 2024
• AP Scholar. AP French (5), AP World History (5), AP U.S. History (5), AP European History (5 self-study), AP English Language & Composition (5), AP Chemistry (4), AP Statistics (4) Anticipated 2026: AP Macroeconomics, AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature, AP Government, AP Spanish (placed out of Spanish 1&2 with self-study)
ACTIVITIES
• Editor-In-Chief, The Shield - National award-winning publication. Wrote and edited news articles and photographed local, state, and national current events. Maintained smooth transition under new director, lead staff training, updated website design. Contributor 2023-2024, Staff 2024-2025, Co-Editor-In-Chief 2025-2026
• Yale Daily News Summer Journalism Program, Scholarship. Penned article on Youth Advocacy During the Summer Special Session on Redistricting in Texas, 2025
• Rice University Pre-College Program, Full Scholarship. “Law, Shaping a Just and Equitable World” Capstone Project examining The Need for Intersectionality in Affirmative Action, 2025
• PBS Student Reporting Labs On Our Minds Podcast Season 5 Episode 6: “Who Inspires You?” Interview with Author Nic Stone, 2025
• Austin Youth Poet Laureate Finalist - Year-Long Cohort with five other finalists, Austin Public Library, 2024-25
• SXSWEdu Conference Journalist, 2025
• Cast as Gertrude, Queen of Denmark in Hamlet, McCallum Theatre 2025
• Youth Advocacy Summit - Advocated against HB10 to Lawmakers at The Texas State Capitol, 2025
• Casa Marianella, Abri Lumiere- Volunteer with Refugees and Immigrants, 2025
• CIEE Honors Language Program Rennes, France, highest level program offered, college credit through Tulane University, Full Scholarship, 2024
• City of Austin Teen Theatre Company “Totally Cool, Totally Art.” Co-wrote, co-produced, and performed a play focusing on environmental sustainability. Performed across the city for hundreds of local public summer camp students, 2024
• Choir 2022-2024. Private lessons with Icy Monroe and Candi Sanders. Superior ranking at State UIL, 2024
• McCallum Cabaret, Performed Persephone’s solo “Flowers” from Hadestown, 2024
• McCallum Coffeehouse, Performed original songs and poetry, 2022, 2023, 2024
• Production Coordinator and “Judge” in Inherit the Wind, a play about how the battle between tradition and modernity often plays out in the courtroom, McCallum Theatre, 2024
• Central Texas Food Bank Volunteer- Gardened and organized shelf-stable foods, 2024-25
• Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center Volunteer- Served and prepared food for unhoused people, 2024-2025
• Austin Trail Conservancy, Gardener, 2024
• Austin ISD Summer Theatre Ensemble, Mary Poppins, 2023
• Dramaturg and “Evil Gabbi” in She Kills Monsters, a production that deals with the difficulties of processing grief. I was responsible for giving castmates the historical context of the 1990s, McCallum Theatre 2023
WRITING AWARDS
• State Champion in Ready Writing, UIL (A timed two-hour expository essay contest. Wrote about importance of the arts as a defense of democracy) 2025. This essay will be used for the rubric example in 2026
• John Locke Global Essay Prize, Short-listed in History, 2025
• 1st Place Regional Ready Writing, UIL, 2025
• 1st Place Regional Headline Writing, UIL, 2025
• 1st Place District Ready Writing, UIL, 2025
• 1st Place News Infographic, Southern Interscholastic Press Association, 2025
• 1st Place Feature Package, Southern Interscholastic Press Association, 2025
• 1st Place Best of the Best, Election 2024 Coverage, Texas Association of Journalism Educators, 2025
• Honorable Mention Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, “Failure of Democrats to Appeal to Immigrant Voters Cost Them the Election”, 2024
• Honorable Mention Best in Texas News and Broadcast, Texas Association of Journalism Educators, 2024
• All-State UIL Journalism Staff 2024, 2025
PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
• 1st Place Social Media Portfolio, Southern Interscholastic Press Association, 2025
• Superior Feature Photo, Texas Association of Journalism Educators, 2025
• 1st Place Feature Photography, Quill and Scroll, 2024
• 3rd Place Breaking News Photography, Quill and Scroll, 2024
• 1st Place Club Photo, Southern Interscholastic Press Association, 2024
• 1st Place News Photo, Southern Interscholastic Press Association, 2024
• Honorable Mention Top Program Portfolio Contest, ATPI, 2024
• 4th Place National Scholastic Press Association Best of Show, 2023
GROUP AWARDS
• Blue and Gold Award in Writing to McCallum Shield for Visual and Multimedia, Quill & Scroll, 2025
• Gold Star Award in Photography to McCallum Shield ILPC, 2025
• Honorable Mention DEI Social Justice Writing, Quill & Scroll, 2025
• Second Place ATPI SmugMug Top Program Documentary/Photojournalism, 2025
• Best of SNO “McCallum Youth Dance Company Delivers ‘Moving’ Showcase”, 2025
• Best of SNO “Mac Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month”, 2024
• Best of SNO “Pink Week Soars to New Fundraising Heights”, 2023
PERFORMING ARTS AWARDS
• National Honor Thespian, International Thespian Society, 2025
• Thespian Scholar, International Thespian Society, 2025
• Superior Score, UIL State Choral Individual Performance Alto 2, 2024
• Superior Score, Advanced to Nationals in Duet Acting, Texas Thespians Festival, Corpus Christi, Texas, 2024
• Superior Score, Advanced to Nationals in Small Group Musical, Texas Thespians Festival, San Antonio, Texas, 2023
ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS
• “McCallum High School Makes Dream Quinceañeras Possible for Students” - Austin Vida, 2024
• Excalibur Poems and short stories, 2023, 2024, 2025
• Pandemic’s Labyrinth Anthology of Poetry, 2021
• Vision and Voice (Poetry)
SKILLS
• Adobe InDesign • Adobe Audition