2007 POINT SCHOLARS

Tony Meyer

Harvard

Political Science

Tony grew up in the tight-knit community of Mission Viejo in Southern California. Though raised with a conservative Lutheran upbringing, he found he was blessed with a truly supportive community when he came out to both his family and wrestling team in the summer before his freshman year of high school. He founded his high school’s Gay-Straight Alliance and began working on the regional level to promote school safety, both in the classrooms and locker rooms. Cultivating his love of languages and education with a semester study in France and night courses at local community college, he graduated as the valedictorian of his senior class.

Tony currently serves as the Secretary on the Board of Directors for the Gay-Straight Alliance Network and is a senior member of his community Youth Council for GSA’s in Southern California. He will be attending Harvard College for his undergraduate education and plans on studying psychology, linguistics, and cryptology. During college, he plans on promoting the education and appreciation of bisexual issues, within and without the LGBT community. He hopes to later attend law or medical school and wishes to pursue a career in public service.