Carol Ren Lin, 2012 Seymour Award Finalist

Carol attends Lynbrook High school in Saratoga. She has been extremely involved in Operation Care and Comfort, Full circle Farm, Save the Bay, Christmas in the Park and St. Moritz Ice Skating Club Vice President. She participates in her schools "Interact club, French Honor Society, Science Club and the Art Reach and Robotics teams. Now Carol is a figure skater, not just any figure skater she was the 2009 Alternate to the US Figure Skating National Championships. She has 9 gold medals and 11 silver medals. She is also a National merit winner as well as a published writer, "Skaters, not Featherweights" and "Gold Medals are not made of Gold" for NPR and the Sunnyvale sun newspaper.

Jon Penner, her CSF advisor, says that he "never once have heard from her that she was going volunteering because she had to; it was always because she wanted to." Carol shared a story in her personal statement about Operation Care and Comfort in the city of San Jose. This organization puts care packages together for our troops overseas. The organization is close to Carol as she has bonded with the people she works with no matter if they are a widow sharing a story or military personnel trying to make a difference. Mr. Ponomarenko is Carol's professional figure skating coach and he shares that “she puts 101% effort in everything she does." Her enthusiasm is very contagious. She is generous and thoughtful. Together Carol and her Coach developed a spin called "the flower" and this is how he sees her. Carol plans on studying French at her #1 college choice at the University of Chicago.