A Renton High School senior was named a 2010 Gates Millennium Scholar.

Lindsay Dacuan will be one of only 1,000 worldwide to in the prestigious award, which includes a full-ride scholarship to college.

The scholarship comes through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Dacuan plans to study bioengineering at the University of California, San diego.

“This award makes me think that I can really change something in the world for the better,” she said in a press release.

When asked how her school helped her prepare for the award she began to list teachers and staff and how they all supported her.

“Renton High teachers and staff are amazing educators. They helped me get where I am today,” she said. “I couldn’t be successful without them.”

The senior class president, she holds a 3.78 grade point average. She’s the Key Club vice president and a Renton High Outstanding Senior. Concert mistress of her high school orchestra, she qualified for the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Solo and Ensemble Competition. She was also the swim team captain and played tennis.

In her free time, Dacuan serves as friendship ambassador to Japan through a Japanese-American exchange program. She spent the past two summers helping build houses in Mexico.

Dacuan was one of about 21,000 applicants who were evaluated on academic achievement, community service and leadership potential.

The program was established in 1999 with a $1 billion grant from the Gates Foundation.