Baruch College Athletics

FAVORITES...

• Foods:  Italian, Japanese
• Movies: "The Sixth Sense", "Nemo"
  
• Actor/Actress: Jennifer Aniston/Wentworth Miller
  
• Colors: Pink, Blue
• Persons You Admire Most: Mother, Emma Snowsil, Lance Armstrong, and her mentor Zane Castro
• Saying: "All I can in God that strengthens me", "It's good to be great, but great to be good" 
• Countries to Visit: Australia, Brazil
• Classes: Calculus, Law
• Baruch Athletic Team: Cross Country
  

COLLEGE: Team Captain...2010 CUNYAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year Honorable Mention...2009-10 CUNYAC Champion (first-ever for women's swim team in school history)...Member of Baruch swimming team that finished in second place at the 2007, 2008 and 2009 CUNYAC Finals...Also previously competed on Baruch's cross country team...Member of Baruch's (first-ever 2007) Women's Cross Country Championship Team...Finished in second place individually at the 2006 and 2007 CUNYAC Cross Country Championships...2008 CUNYAC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Year. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Unidad Educativa Mariscal Sucre (U.E.M.S.) in her native Ecuador...Valedictorian of her high school class...Named the 1998 Swimmer of the Year...Named Athlete of the Year in 2002, 2003, 2004...Member of Ecuadorian Triathlon National Team...Jessica finished in second place at the 2003 South American Championships. 

PERSONAL: Majors in international marketing with a minor in economics...Full name is Jessica Penaherrera-Kang...Nicknamed Jess or Jeke...Daughter of Zoila Kang and Robert Penaherrera...Siblings: Leylin and Thensun...Her passion is Triathlon...Loves to eat SWEETS!