Graduation portrait of me wearing my cap, gown, stoles, and honor cords.

A portrait of me at my graduation with a golden frame around the image. I am wearing a black graduation cap with a purple, white, and black tassel featuring the year '26. I have a blue dot on top of a white bindi between my eyebrows. I also have makeup on; which includes: red lips, foundation, and mascara. I am wearing hanging fake-gold and diamond earrings, with my straight black hair flowing down my shoulders.

I am wearing a black gown underneath two stoles and three honor cords. On top is a white National Honor Society (NHS) stole shaped like a tapered trapezoid keystone. The NHS stole has an official embroidered patch with a capital letter N inside a circle at the corner. The patch is like an upside-down triangle cut in half near the top where 'National Honor Society' is spelled out, goes to be similar to a window, and it has a narrow base with CMLS letters.

Underneath the white stole is my classic purple Independence High School stole. Layered on top are three honor cords: a purple cord representing my school, a white cord for one hundred hours of community service through NHS and various others, and a blue, red, and white cord combined together for four years in Academic Decathlon club and class.


About Me

Hi, my name is Harshini Kambhampalli. I'm an incoming freshman at University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). I love to read, sing (even though I'm not very good), self-development, and dance.

I was born in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. For 10 years I lived in India and moved to America when I was about 10 years and 2 months old. Fun facts about me:

I'm double jointed

I studied 6th grade twice

P.S No, I didn't like my makeup. And yes, my cap is messy.