Meet the Youth Commissioners

Lilian Huynh, Madam Chair
Jonesboro High School

       

“We’re so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time to enjoy where we are.”  – Calvin & Hobbes

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Amy Pham, Vice Chair
Elite Scholars Academy

“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”  – Maya Angelou

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Christy Long, Secretary
Jonesboro High School

“To live life you need problems. If you get everything you want the minute you want it, what’s the point of living?”  – Jake the dog

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Cameryn Polk, Parliamentarian
Elite Scholars Academy

 “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill

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Jesus Rodriguez-Porras, Historian
Elite Scholars Academy

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”  – Albert Einstein

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Eriana Ahmad
Jonesboro High School

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. IT DOES!”  – William James

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Paris Alston
Elite Scholars Academy

“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations,” – Mae Jemison

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Shriya Chakraborti
Elite Scholars Academy

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela

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Jerel Clark
Elite Scholars Academy

“I thought I’d solved a problem when really I was creating new ones by taking the path of least resistance” -David Goggins

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Carrie Clayton
Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts

“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” – James Holmes

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Allan Gramajo
Elite Scholars Academy

“It is okay if you fall apart sometimes. Tacos fall apart and we still love them.” -Unknown

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Miatta Harris
Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts

“The limit does not exist”– Cady Heron

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Makayla Hodges
Jonesboro High School

“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.” Arthur Ashe

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Jalyn Jones
Elite Scholars Academy

 “Start strong, stay strong, finish strong!” –  Ralph Marston

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Emani Madison
Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style” – Maya Angelou

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Preston Passmore
Riverdale High School

“Think before you speak” – Preston Passmore

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Andy Pham
Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts

“It is in your hands, to make a better world for all who live in it” – Nelson Mandela

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Robert Reed Taylor
The Reed Christian Academy Home School

“I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books.” -Gary Paulsen

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Keila Rodriguez-Porras
Elite Scholars Academy

“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.”– Suzy Kassem

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Khalani Roundtree
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School

 “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” —Shirley Chisholm

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Nicole Tooson
Mundy’s Mill High School

“Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

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Dung Tran
Morrow High School

“It is better to do something than to do nothing while waiting to do everything.”– Winston Churchill

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Kayla Tran
Martha Ellen Stilwell Schools of Arts

– “Be a free thinker and don’t accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.” – Aristotle

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Juday Whaley
Jonesboro High School

– “Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.” James 1:12