Victor Linzau is Millbrook’s typical junior, IB student. His sleep schedule may not be ideal, but his grades, extracurriculars, and college credits certainly are.   Going above and beyond to set himself apart from the rest is his specialty. As a sophomore, Victor was invited to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders which he attended over the summer in Lowell, Massachusetts. The Congress of Future Medical Leaders is  a conference dedicated to helping students in high school pursue careers in various scientific fields such as biomedical engineering. The Congress is an academic honors program and all attendees are selected  by their teachers or the academy based on proven academic excellence and expressed a desire to enter the medical profession. Mrs. McKeand nominated Victor for this prestigious event. All students must have a minimum 3.5 GPA (or equivalent) to be nominated to attend. Students who attended the Congress listened to speakers that ranged from Nobel Prize winners to Ivy League academic leaders, as well as watch surgeries performed and participate in group activities. When asked what he enjoyed about the congress, Victor said, “ Meeting teens my age that are interested in the same field as I am and some of the ‘celebrities’ of the particular fields that I plan to go into.” Victor would like to go into the medical field maybe as an ER doctor or a trauma surgeon or maybe do something with biomedical research, but he says it is not set in stone quite yet.

 Outside of school, Victor dedicates a lot of time to taekwondo. He teaches all ages and all curriculums for the sport at Champion Taekwondo in Wake Forest with students ranging from three to four year olds to adults. There, they learn their kicks, forms and breakings, along with self defense and sparring techniques. Not only does he teach it, he also practices it. After practicing for eight years, he has the titles of State Champion of both North and South Carolina and has traveled to South Korea to practice with their national team. Next year, Victor will go to Nationals to compete and enter the US open to hopefully win first prize.