Montgomery High grads to study bioengineering, business

The top two Montgomery High School graduates credit a lot of their success to the support and encouragement of their families and teachers at Montgomery High.

Valedictorian Catherine A. Dunaway, 18, said her parents, Marcus and Sharon, have encouraged her to achieve her personal best each day, and have been awesome and supportive of all her efforts.

From her sister Madeleine, 20, a student at the University of North Texas, Dunaway said shes learned the power of organization and time management and always knows she has a friend to turn to.

Salutatorian Vir S. Mehta, 18, has been inspired by his parents, Sanjay and Gurinder Mehta, to pursue a business career in hopes of one day becoming a professor of business just like them. They are both professors in the business school at Sam Houston State University. Mehtas grandfather was also a professor.

My parents are probably the two people who have had the biggest impact on my high-school career, Mehta said.

Mehtas sister, Tara, a sophomore at Montgomery High, is also at the top of her class.

Mehta will study business at the University of Texas at Austin in the fall.

Dunaway will study bioengineering at Rice University in the fall and she said shes looking forward to moving to a bigger city and feeling the energy of big town living and all that comes with that.

She explained she first became interested in bioengineering when she started researchingregenerative medicine.

Its an amazing field of study right now that is still growing and expanding, she said. Im really excited about how I can fit into bioengineering and make a positive impact on the world.

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Montgomery High grads to study bioengineering, business