Thafir Elzofri
Gilbert Family High Hopes Scholar
Wesleyan University
Thafir loves math, writing comedy, playing sports and hanging out with friends. He was president of the Berkeley High Language and Culture Exchange Club (LACE), a tutor for Mathworks, and a leader with Y-Scholars and the Teen Task force at the YMCA Teen Center. Thafir has won the Mayor’s Leadership Award and emceed an annual YMCA celebration for 150-200 people. He plans to major in math at Wesleyan and hopes to become a math professor. He will be a first generation college student.
