Lattes helping her survive senior year

Abby Porter

Memorial resident Abby Porter may be busy studying as an AP scholar and National Merit semifinalist, but she still has her sense of humor, listing “surviving a quarter of senior year” as one of her accomplishments. Her fondest high school memory is playing softball on the same team as her sister, who she says inspires her. When asked what three items she cannot live without, Porter replied, “My computer, my Tervis tumbler and my planner.”

Abby Porter
AGE: 17
GRADE: 12
SCHOOL: Episcopal High School, a private school in Bellaire; Memorial resident
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: National Merit semifinalist, AP scholar, Jewel Boone Gunter Award recipient from the Women’s Club of Houston, Northwestern Book Award recipient from Episcopal High School
CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES: Class president; yearbook editor in chief; chapel leadership, including being a senior homilist; group officer in the Students of Service; softball team member; English tutor for the Spanish-speaking staff; Discipline and Honor Council; Model U.N. member
FAVORITE AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITY: “Study at Starbucks because I love pumpkin spice lattes.”
FAVORITE MUSICAL GENRE: Classic rock
FAVORITE TV SHOW: “ ‘Doctor Who.’ I will watch anything from the BBC.”
AMBITION: “While I am completely undecided right now in terms of career paths, I know that I want to do some work in an art museum.”