INDfamily honors Lafayette Parish School System's Students of the Year
Faiz Alam
Lafayette High School, 12th grade
Son of Ifran and Rabia Alam
What top honors have you received at school?
Mu Alpha Theta math club vice president, third place at Louisiana Tournament of Champions in Lincoln-Douglas debate, AP scholar award, Lafayette High 4.0 award, first place Lincoln-Douglas debate at Kaplan High School
What is your favorite subject?
Calculus and chemistry
What honors have you earned in the community?
Accepted into Acadiana Health Occupations Center program, youth leader of the Muslim Education Center of Acadiana, three-time state qualifier for high school state tennis tournament
What are your hobbies?
Reading, tennis, listing to movie scores, exercise, playing pick-up basketball games
What do you want to be when you grow up?
I plan on becoming a surgical oncologist -it is a field that interests me and is also proving to be an area where there is still much to be discovered.
What is an accomplishment you are most proud of?
Recipient of the Stamps Foundation scholarship award at LSU
What is your favorite quote?
"If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success." James Cameron
Lafayette Parish School System honors its outstanding students of 2014. Learn more about each student in INDfamily's Class Act features.
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