The Mercer Island Rotary Club named Mercer Island High School seniors Mia Rotunna and Blake Nelson its Islanders of the Month for January.

Rotunna is a member of National Honor Society, holding a 4.0 GPA, and is in the running to serve as class valedictorian. She is varsity cheerleading head captain and a two-time winner of the Universal Cheerleading Association All-American Cheerleading award. Outside of school, Rotunna is an assistant coach for Eastside Dream Elite’s competition cheer squad. She volunteers for City of Hope, Cycle the WAVE and Relay for Life, and is a volunteer math tutor. She enjoys singing, playing piano and writing and recording music.

The daughter of Suzy Rotunna, she plans to study psychology and neuroscience in college, and hopes to become a criminal profiler and forensic psychologist.

Nelson is a student mentor in the special needs program and is currently working on integrating marijuana education into the school curriculum on alcohol prevention. Outside of school, he is involved with the Boy Scouts and volunteers in community activities that include the Rotary Run, Lions Tree Sale, NW Harvest Food Bank and collection facility, and the church clean-up group for Redeemer Lutheran Church.

Nelson enjoys traveling, outdoor activities, working on his car and motorcycle riding, and has completed the Washington State Back Country Discovery Route.

The son of Brook Nelson and Lisa DuFour, he plans to attend a four-year college and study either biochemistry or pre med.