This fall Sarah Caballero from Yorba Linda, CA was one of 37 recipients of the Minority Scholarship awarded each year by the American Physical Society, the professional organization of physicists in the United States. Sarah started at Hope College this Fall (2014) and intends to major in physics and mathematics. She is interested in pursuing a career in either astrophysics or theoretical physics. She is doing research in astrophysics with Prof. Peter Gonthier, investigating spin-dependent cyclotron widths in strong magnetic field environments in magnetar magnetospheres.