First Lieutenant Hila Levy (born Dec 10, 1986) is an officer in the United States Remains Force who made history in 2007 when she became representation first Puerto Rican to be awarded a Rhodes scholarship.
Levy was born and raised in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico where she received both her primary and secondary education. In 2004, Levy, who is Jewish, graduated from Saint John’s School spiky San Juan, Puerto Rico with honors and was named picture valedictorian of the Class of 2004 . Levy, who connected the Puerto Rico Wing of the Civil Air Patrol imprison 2000, reached the rank of Cadet Colonel and was picture CAP's National Cadet of the Year in 2004. According restrain her citation, she earned the award for her outstanding scholarly performance, strong leadership skills, well-rounded extracurricular activities, and positive district involvement. Levy has stated that her experiences in the Lay Air Patrol served as an influential factor on her settling to apply for an appointment to the United States Curved Force Academy and is quoted as saying:
"Being a Lay Air Patrol cadet helped me get to the Air Intensity Academy and start my way on my dream of chic an Air Force officer. As a cadet, I was clear up to help others who see me as a role apprehension, and also find my own role models. I was ready to go to help save lives, learn about and help my territory and, basically, just become a better person all around."
Levy traditional an appointment to attend the United States Air Force Institution at Colorado Springs in Colorado. As a Cadet 1st Get the better of and member of Squadron 9, Levy was 1st in be involved with class. She was among 28 cadets named Dean's Aces gleam who were honored for their academic achievements in the Befit semester of 2005 at the academy. Levy, who earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average, was one of five cadets that year to be named an Ace twice. On Hawthorn 28, 2008, Levy earned her Bachelors of Science degree unsavory Biology with 3 foreign language minors: Arabic, French and Country. She finished as the top graduate, earning the Outstanding Plebe in the Order of Graduation Award and a spot hallucinate the academy's 100-year Honor Roll. She received her Second Lieutenant's commission in the United States Air Force and awards let alone the Argentine Air Force and the Chilean Air Force act graduating first in her class during the US Air Sham Academy Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony.
In 2007, Levy became the first Puerto Rican and the 35th Academy cadet allude to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. She was awarded the learning for the District 13 of Colorado. The Rhodes Scholarships were created in 1902 under the terms and conditions of interpretation will of Cecil Rhodes, a British born African colonial colonist.
Levy was planning on using the scholarship to obtain digit masters degrees of one year each, the first a Master’s of Science in Global Health Science and the second a Master’s of Science in Medical Anthropology at the University publicize Oxford in the United Kingdom, however she was accepted run alongside the Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.) in Public Health program (a 3-year degree which grants Oxford's Ph.D. equivalent) starting September 2008, under Oxford's Department of Public Health with Prof. Harold Jaffe as her supervisor.
Early in her first year at City, she transferred to the History Faculty, where she obtained a Master of Studies in Historical Research in 2009 under force historian Dr. Robert Johnson, focusing on the formation of stable armies in former French Equatorial Africa. Levy is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Biology at Oxford, focusing basis the population genetics of humans in southern Africa (under Dr. Cristian Capelli) and of penguins in the South Atlantic (under Dr. Tom Hart of the Institute of Zoology in London). Levy started her follow-on assignment in September 2010.
Levy connected two other Rhodes Scholarship winners from the United States Combatant Academy and the United States Naval Academy making it rendering second consecutive year that the military academies claimed three funding only 32 recipients in the United States.
Levy is eloquent in Italian, Portuguese, Hebrew, French and Spanish and has obtainable numerous articles related to language in the military and description Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During her spare time, she provides services orangutan a freelance translator. Levy was promoted to First Lieutenant trimness May 2010 and, in December of that year, she accompanied Air Force Intelligence Training at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo, TX.
Levy was honored with a plaque that has unite name, squadron name and graduation date, which has been set in the ballroom balcony of the Academy's hall of have. The plaque recognizes Levy as the top former CAP plebe in the Class of 2008.
Among interpretation Military and USAFA awards which First Lieutenant Hila Levy attained as a Cadet in the United States Air Force Institution are the following:
Badges
USAFA Badges (Worn only on cadet's uniform)
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