Alayo Oloko

(above) Alayo Oloko, Berkeley Heights, attended Kent Place High School in Summit, where she earned outstanding academic grades and boasted a record of innovation in developing her interest in “building things.” She organized her school’s first “Hack-a-Thon” and mentored younger girls of color in the Kaleidoscope program. According to her guidance counselor, Alayo is “a natural leader, charismatic, dynamic, and the social conscience of the class.” She will bring all of this and more to her study of mechanical engineering at M.I.T. SCC’s Kathy Brock presented Alayo with the Summit College Club Merit Scholarship.