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Name: Elena Lamica
Title: Miss Memphis Teen Volunteer
Instagram Handle: @memphisteenvolunteer
Age: 16
Platform Title: Power of Inclusion: Building Best Buddies Talent: Vocal Performance – “Still Rolling Stones” Education: Senior at Arlington High School
Education & Professional Objective:
Honors & Achievements: Principal’s Honor Roll; Presidential Achievement Award; Beta Club; National Honor Society; 4.3902 current GPA; 3 years in All-West Junior Choir; 2 years in All- West Senior Choir; 2 years in All-State Choir; Second Place Award Recipient at West Tennessee Teen Throwdown for CrossFit; Fine Arts Honor Society; Top Talent Award and Top Fitness Award at MSC Pageant 2020
Leadership Positions: Best Buddies President at Arlington High School; Best Buddies Coordinator at Donelson Elementary; Student Council Committee; Worship Leader in the Arlington High School Ministry and at Bellevue Baptist Church; Role Model to younger sisters
Employment Experience: Child Care Provider; Transportation Provider; Swim Instructor Assistant; Coach at We Rock the Spectrum
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Special Skills & Activities: Volunteer at Arlington High School in multiple functional skills classes to help students develop skills and achieve their goals; volunteer and guest reader at Donelson Elementary School’s regular education and special education classrooms; avid music lover; participant and lover of performing arts; loves to fish, ride four-wheelers, and be outdoors; skilled at hair and makeup; CrossFit Athlete; can deadlift squat and clean and jerk more than body weight; opera singer since the age of 9; member of Arlington High School Jazz Choir; member of Arlington High School Chorale
To Obtain a Bachelors of Health Studies from Arkansas State University
To Obtain a Doctorate of Occupational Therapy
To Become an Occupational Therapist