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Name: Farraday Johnson
Title: Miss Mid-South Fair Iris Teen
Instagram Handle:@farradoll_20 and @midsouthfairiristeen2022 Age: 20
Platform Title: Teaching STEM
Education: Sophomore at the University of Memphis
Education & Professional Objective:
To obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from
the University of Memphis with a goal of becoming a Medical Doctorate in Dermatology
Honors & Achievements:
UofM Top 20 Under 30, Presidential Leadership Awards, Spring 2022; First Tennessee Foundation Emerging Leaders Scholarship, Spring 2022; Honors Summer Research Fellowship Grant, Spring 2022; Outreach Bill in Student Government Association Senate, Spring 2021; UofM Dean’s List, Fall 2021;
Belmont Baptist Church Scholar; Helping Young People Excel (HYPE) Scholar; University of Memphis Engineering Success Grant Scholar; Tennessee State Employees Association Scholar; WREG News Chanel 3 Knowledge Bowl Scholar; Tennessee Louis Stokes for Minority Participation (TLSAMP);
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority INC. Maggie McDowell Scholar, Memphis Alumnae Chapter, Fall 2021; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, INC. Debutante, Miss Fashionetta and Scholar; UofM Emerging Leader Scholar, Fall 2020 – Present; University of Memphis Urban STEM Scholar, Fall 2020; Memphis Shelby County Education, Summer 2020; New Hope For You Scholar, Summer 2020; Graduated at #3 in High School Class with 4.2 GPA, Spring 2020; Miss Craigmont High School 2020, Spring 2020; Homecoming Queen of Craigmont High, Spring 2020; Best Speaker awards in Debate, Fall 2019-Spirng 2020; Future Business Leaders of America winner of Computer and Technology award.
Leadership Positions:
Associate Justice for Judicial Branch of Student Government Association - Spring 2022 - Present, Memphis, TN Senator of the Herff College of Engineering UofM - Spring 2021 - Spring 2022, Memphis, TN; SGA Diversity and Inclusion Chair-Fall 2021-Spring 2022, Memphis, TN; National Society of Black Engineers Ambassador-Spring 2021-Spring 2022, Memphis, TN; UofM STEM Ambassador, Spring 2021- Present, Memphis, TN;
Captain of WREG Knowledge Bowl Team, Craigmont High School, Fall 2018-Spring 2020, Memphis, TN; Captain of Craigmont High Debate Team, Fall 2019- Spring 2020, Memphis, TN; Vice President of National Honor Society, Craigmont High School, Fall 2019-Spring 2020, Memphis, TN; Vice President of Future Business Leaders of America, Craigmont High School, Fall 2019-Spring 2020, Memphis, TN; Vice President of Top Teens of Tipton County