Chagrin Falls High School (CFHS) senior Madison (Madi) Machado has been selected as the April Chagrin Valley Rotary Student of the Month. Machado was chosen based on leadership and service qualities displayed in the community.
At CFHS, Machado earned a variety of awards and recognitions including CFHS Tiger of the Semester, CFHS Honor Roll, Chagrin Valley Conference Swimmer of the Year, USA Swimming Breakout Award, Golf Team Captain, Swimming Team Captain, and Zenith Design Editor.
Machado is a member of Girls Golf (freshman - senior), Girls Swimming (freshman - senior), Girls Track & Field (freshman - senior), and Zenith Yearbook (junior - senior).
Machado’s extracurricular activities include 14 years of club swimming, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summits, as well as Mental Health Summits. She enjoys taking on leadership responsibilities, photography and drawing. She has worked at the Chagrin Valley Country Club as a lifeguard, swim coach and synchronized swimming coach. She also is a babysitter and photographer. Her volunteer experience includes Lake Erie Swimming Junior and Senior Athlete Representative and a USA Swimming National Grassroot Athlete Representative.
While at CFHS, Machado took the following accelerated classes: AP United States History, AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics, AP Psychology, CCP English.
She plans to major in psychology and minor in sports media or photography at Indiana University and join research projects related to sports psychology and the mental health of college athletes.