ABC’s “Cool Kid” of the week, SMCHS founder of the Ronald MacDonald House, one of OC Register’s “Top 10 Teens to Change the World”. And that’s all before graduating high school.

There is no surprise Steven Holcomb, SMCHS class of 2012, got into his dream school, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Now in his junior year of college, Holcomb still has not slowed down.

In fact, Holcomb even spent his summer at an internship in Israel with the Israel Institute of Technology. There, he did medical research to make a targeted device to treat oral cancers.

“I am studying Mechanical Engineering at school so I was working on prototyping the device,” Holcomb said. “We made progress so I am happy that I actually got to accomplish something.”

“Accomplish something” is a tad of an underestimate. Along with the summer program in Israel, Holcomb has spent the past three semesters at MIT interning for the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. There, he is working on making a drug delivery device that can treat gastrointestinal cancers.

“I ultimately want to go to medical school and work on medical technology,” he said. “But also I am kind of a special case because I am not going to go straight to medical school after college. I am a Navy ROTC so when I graduate I will serve in the Navy for five years.”

With a dream of going to medical school, Holcomb is a volunteer EMT for his school ambulance about 10 to 15 hours a week.

“I am getting hands-on experience and I am really fortunate to have that available,” he said. “It is also nice to just help out the school.”

With classes, internships and being an active EMT, Holcomb still manages to find time to keep up with his family and balance his social life as.

“No matter how late it is or how busy he is, I can always Skype Steven and he will tutor me in math or look over my English paper,” said senior Katie Holcomb, Steven’s sister.

Holcomb keeps close contact with his family and admits to texting or calling at least every week to update them on what is going on. Along with his blood relatives, he is also has fraternity brothers that he is close to.

“We are all MIT students so we are in the same situation,” Holcomb said. “My older brothers have given me a lot of help in the past and now I am continuing to help the younger students.”

Who does Holcomb rely on when the load becomes too much? God. He has an active faith life and has found a Christian community at MIT to support his spiritual growth.

“My faith is a bedrock,” Holcomb said. “That’s what I base everything else I do in. It’s really important to remain grounded any I try to live by my faith every day. It’s the most important thing to me.”

Holcomb continues to live Caritas Christi, even 3,000 miles from the Eagle’s Nest.