{"id":387203,"date":"2023-03-14T06:06:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T20:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=387203"},"modified":"2023-03-14T06:06:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T20:06:11","slug":"a-son-of-the-cnmi-brings-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/a-son-of-the-cnmi-brings-pride\/","title":{"rendered":"A son of the CNMI brings pride"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jesus \u201cJesse\u201d Sablan has been accepted to Colombia University. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Backed by an impressive list of accomplishments at just 17 years old, Saipan International School\u2019s Jesus \u201cJesse\u201d Sablan will be finishing up his senior year in high school this summer and will be turning to the next chapter of his life when he heads to New York City and Colombia University, where he intends to study biomedical engineering.<\/p>\n

Although this is going to be a big step for a Saipan-born and bred lad, Sablan, who is a son of Jason and\u00a0Shirley\u00a0Sablan, is excited to see what\u2019s ahead. \u201cIt\u2019s going be a huge dynamic shift. …I\u2019m just so ready to go out there and learn. I\u2019m so ready to meet new people, and just to see what\u2019s out there in the world. Obviously I\u2019m a bit nervous and [also] sad that I\u2019m leaving my family and friends here, but I know that they are rooting for me so it\u2019s up to me to honor that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sablan would be studying at the school of Applied Engineering and Science within Colombia University, and will be pursuing biomedical engineering. He applied at the school late last year and was understandably nervous but remained hopeful and was very pleased at the news of his acceptance, knowing how difficult it is to be part of the 2% to 1% of applicants that actually get accepted to this Ivy League school.<\/p>\n

Sablan will be graduating from SIS this May, but will still be competing nationally for speech and debate with Team CNMI this May-June one last time, where he has been competing representing the CNMI for four years now. He was also recently recognized as an Honorary Delegate for the GEC Model United Nations, which recently took place in Jeju, South Korea, where he had already twice won Best Delegate for Model United Nations.<\/p>\n

Sablan noted that he does plan on being a lawyer someday, and that law and justice are what he envisions as his future career path. \u201cMy goal is to become an attorney, and I 100% plan to come back and work on Saipan.\u201d<\/p>\n

When talking about people who have inspired him, Sablan said he is very grateful to his teachers and his family. \u201cIt\u2019s really my older siblings setting the example for me. \u2026My older siblings really paved the way as the examples for me and my younger siblings, and just like, the expectations that I needed to meet. Because being in a family with five siblings, we get competitive, I feel like, or at least I’m very competitive with them\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Sablan\u2019s siblings are Annabelle Sablan, who is a senior student at the School of Architecture of Syracuse University; Jon Paul Sablan, who is a senior student at the School of Biological Sciences in UC Irvine; Jason Sablan, a sophomore student at the School of Economics in UC Berkeley; Soledad Sablan, who also studies at SIS, and Jose Peter Sablan, who is at Saipan Community School.<\/p>\n

Sablan said he feels it\u2019s his duty to help out his younger siblings, whether its homework, projects etc. “A lot of my success is because of them.” He laughed “\u2026because if they didn\u2019t exist maybe I wouldn\u2019t be as competitive as I am.”<\/p>\n

Sablan shared that as a young person he\u2019d constantly be looking through instructional videos on how to better do or succeed in areas of his life, and now, although he\u2019s not one for publicity, he knows that his younger self would have appreciated and approved advice.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing from an island that is very small and lacks certain resources, you know no one is going to do it for you, you \u2018ve got to do it yourself. If you\u2019re not going to aim high, then your goal won\u2019t be high. I would say that when I plan my things, I try to plan and achieve to the highest extent…but what advice I’d give is to always know your limits, and to know how far you can stretch yourself because you know if you aim too high, then you\u2019re not only dishonoring yourself, but you\u2019re dishonoring everyone that you\u2019re representing. So definitely aim high, but definitely,also check in with yourself when you are doing your things.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a student with so many achievements that have led him to represent the CNMI, Sablan says he feels privileged and honored. \u201cWhen I go places, I\u2019m very proud of where I come from. …It is a lot of pride when I represent Saipan, but it takes a lot of responsibility. \u2026Whether its speech and debate or MUN, I plan accordingly and I represent Saipan to the best of my abilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

This future member of the SIS Class of 2023 happily shared that he won\u2019t be the only student entering an Ivy League school this fall. He said one of his friends from Mount Carmel School has also been accepted and they will be in the same class. Some of the things Sablan is looking forward to is feeling the change of environment, and joining specific clubs. As he loves community services, he plans to join the university\u2019s Rotary Club, and other clubs such as band, Modern United Nations, and the Asian and Pacific Islander law club. \u201cThough I am very proud to meet other people, and [hear about] their cultures, I\u2019m very proud to share mine as well.”<\/p>\n

Sablan is a grandson of former lieutenant governor Jesus and Annie Sablan and Roman and Ana Tudela.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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