{"id":59568,"date":"2026-06-01T17:15:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/summersearch.org\/?p=59568"},"modified":"2026-06-02T16:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T16:40:17","slug":"meet-summer-search-participant-joysty-ng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/summersearch.org\/es\/2026\/06\/meet-summer-search-participant-joysty-ng\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Summer Search Participant: Joysty Ng"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">For\u00a0Joysty\u00a0Ng, getting outside of her comfort zone is now the mission. As a junior at Lindbergh High School in Seattle,\u00a0she\u2019s\u00a0already discovered that some of the biggest moments happen when you take a chance on something new, and Summer Search has helped her do exactly that.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Joysty\u00a0is\u00a0very involved\u00a0in her school community. She serves as a Link Crew leader, is a member of the National Honor Society, and plays on the girls\u2019 basketball team. Throughout her Summer Search and high school journey so far,\u00a0Joysty\u00a0has found support and encouragement through her mentor, Trisha Paulino. Their relationship that has helped shape how she sees herself and her future:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cMeeting\u00a0Trisha\u00a0my sophomore year and getting matched with her to be my mentor throughout sophomore and junior year has helped me see multiple perspectives.\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Trisha is not only my mentor,\u00a0she is\u00a0my motivator and inspiration to grow into the person I want to be and reach for the stars<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For\u00a0Joysty\u00a0Ng, getting outside of her comfort zone is now the mission. As a junior at Lindbergh High School in Seattle,\u00a0she\u2019s\u00a0already discovered that some of the biggest&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":59576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-summersearchers"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/summersearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/June-2026-Participant-Spotlight-Joysty-Ng-1-600x400.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/summersearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/June-2026-Participant-Spotlight-Joysty-Ng-1-600x600.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Melen Yemane","author_link":"https:\/\/summersearch.org\/es\/author\/myemanesummersearch-org\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/summersearch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/summersearch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/summersearch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summersearch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summersearch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/summersearch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summersearch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/summersearch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summersearch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summersearch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}