Bears honor two high school athletes with NFL Latino Heritage Month Youth Leader Award

Trejo is used to being a pioneer at her school. As a freshman, she joined the Latin American Student Organization, which had just 15 to 20 members, only five of whom consistently showed up for meetings. Through the past three years, Trejo, who now serves as the organization’s president, has been the driving force behind LASO growing to more than 100 students.

The organization also now participates in various events and field trips such as attending the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute in Chicago or bringing in guest speakers during Latino Heritage Month each year.

“All of that has just really been a meaningful part of my life, where I get to help out so many people and just show, especially the younger underclassmen, that they can be represented and they do have a voice,” Trejo said. “Being able to give them all those resources to have success is definitely something I’ve very proud of.”

Along with being a part of LASO, Trejo also leads Student Government, Key Club and Sparty Nation at her school and holds board positions in Interact Club and Snowball Club. In her community, she teaches religious education at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church and serves as Vice President of the Romeoville DUCAP Teen Leadership Board, where she helped launch the inaugural Teen Leadership Conference.

Her work in education at her church’s school has influenced her desire to pursue a dual-language elementary education degree at a top 20 university.