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Maximo Cubilette

Biography

Maximo Cubilette relishes challenges, learns from his losses, and comes back stronger the next year. And, he says, he has learned to remain focused, even when it means putting aside time practicing his beloved saxophone. Attending a summer program at Philips Academy in 2003, he earned what he calls “abominable” grades in physics. When he returned to high school that fall, he tackled physics again and finally comprehended the concepts – and improved his grade.

Maximo had a similar experience with high school politics. In his junior year, he lost a race for the student government but, as a senior, won the presidency of the student senate.

Such resilience and adaptability lead Maximo’s English teacher, Cindylisa Muniz, to say he has a “mature political sense” and earns respect from his peers and teachers by “knowing how to pick his battles and how to present them with decency and balance.”

The winner of several local writing awards, Maximo also pushes himself in subjects that don’t come naturally, such as math. For such comprehensive success, he was recognized with a National Hispanic Scholar Award. With four years of growth as a Young Scholar behind him, Maximo says, he is confident that “I have challenged myself both academically and socially.”

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