For the Reporter
Angelia Ysobel G. Miranda, of Kent, is the runner-up in the American Foreign Service Association’s 2014 National High School Essay Contest.
A home-schooled junior, Miranda won a full scholarship for tuition to the National Student Leadership Conference on International Diplomacy program this summer in Washington, D.C., and New York City.
As runner-up in the contest, Miranda spent a day with AFSA staff touring the Capitol and met Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.). Both legislators took the time to take a photo with Miranda and to discuss her plans for the future. Miranda says she is inspired to continue pursuing her goals and her passion for international affairs and politics.
AFSA’s Annual High School Essay Contest was created in 1999 for the purpose of stimulating interest in the Foreign Service and U.S. foreign relations among students nationwide in grades 9 through 12. Ultimately, it is hoped that many of the contest participants will apply for the Foreign Service or other U.S.-sponsored international careers.
This year’s topic focused on historic diplomatic events in honor of the 90th anniversary of the Foreign Service. The topic choices were: the post-World War II period/Marshall Plan; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the 1978 Camp David Accords; the end of the Cold War; the Northern Ireland Peace Process/Good Friday Agreement and diplomacy through development (e.g., USAID, the President’s Malaria Initiative or the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief).
Miranda’s essay is titled “The 1978 Camp David Accords: From Divisive Wounds to Inclusive Words.”
For more information on the contest, visit www.afsa.org/essay. For additional information about the generous supporters of the contest, visit www.semesteratsea.org and www.nslcleaders.org.
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