| Name: | Tania Rojas-Esponda |
| September 20, 1981 | |
| Birthplace: | Mexico City living in Berlin, Germany, since 1982 |
| Nationality: | Mexican and German |
| http://princeton.edu/~trojas |
| 1987-1991 | Elementary School at the Kronach-Schule in Berlin. |
| 1992-1997 | Gymnasium at the Gymnasium Steglitz in Berlin. This school has a humanistic curriculum. Students enroll in fifth grade and learn classical languages (Latin and Greek) |
| 8/98-1/99 | Enrolled as a junior at the College Preparatory School Oakland, CA. |
| 2/1999-6/2001 | Enrolled at the Gymnasium Steglitz, Berlin. Date of graduation: June 2001 (Abitur). Class rank: 1st. Maximum Abitur grade of 1.0. [accepted at] |
| since 9/2001 | BA at Princeton University. Major: Mathematics [courses and grades] |
| Summer 1997 | ESL summer course at UC Berkeley. |
| Summer 1999 | Summer Session for High School Students at Stanford University. |
| Summer 2000 | Summer Session at Stanford. |
| Summer 2002 | I worked as Resident Counselor at the Stanford Summer Session for High School Students and took a course in Differential Equations. [courses and grades ] |
| German | written and spoken as native speaker |
| Spanish | written and spoken as native speaker |
| English | written and spoken |
| French | written and spoken |
| Italian | written and spoken (One year of study at Stanford/Princeton) |
| Latin | Latinum (8 years at the Gymnasium) |
| Ancient Greek | (4 years at the Gymnasium) |
| Portuguese | written and spoken (One year of study at Princeton) |
| September 2002 | Angel Rama Prize awarded by the Princeton Department of Spanish and Portuguese. |
| November 2000 | First place in the final round of the German National Foreign Languages Competition |
| November 2000 | Inducted into membership of the German National Merit Society |
| August 2000 | AP Scholar with Distinction Award from the US College Board. |
| June 2000 | First place in the first round of the German National Mathematics Competition. |
| 1988-present |
I have been a figure skater since age 6. Since 1988 I have participated in numerous competitions. The most important results are: |
| 1997 Third place in the German National Skating Competition (novice). | |
| 1997 First place in the Mexican National Skating Competition (seniors). | |
| 1997 First place in the International Trophée de la Côte de Nacre, France. | |
| 2000 Participant, German National Skating Competition (juniors) | |
| 2001 Fourth place in Princeton Intercollegiate Competition (senior short program) | |
| 2003 Due to a back injury I was unable to compete for a long time, but I am preparing to start competing again in February, at the Port City Invitational (Feb 6-8) in the categories Interpretive and Artistic. | |
| Math-Tutorial 2000-2001 |
I was selected to train younger students (grades 7 to 10) at my school to represent the Gymnasium Steglitz in math competitions. |
| Journalism 2000-2001 |
Member of the Editorial Board of "Intercultural Times" An electronic journal of the Gymnasium Steglitz in Berlin |
| Flamenco 2002-present |
Troupe "Flamenco Puro" |
| Piano | Started lessons at age 9. |
| Special Olympics 2003 - present |
We volunteer to teach skating to disabled kids |
| Resident Counselor for the Summer Session for High School Students at Stanford University | |
| 2002 - present | Accepted to tutor fellow students taking the following courses: Physics 103/105 German up to 300 level Spanish up to 300 level French up to 300 level (This semester I am tutoring students in French 101 and Physics 107. I also did some pedagogical Math work with a 7-year old.) |
| Fall 2003 | I am the grader for the course Math 215: Analysis in One Variable |