Congratulations to Creative Writing Winners!

I want to recognize the following students for being awarded for their Creative Writing entries
at the 2018 Miami-Dade County Youth Fair:

Sophie Penafiel -- First place
Adrian Fiandor -- First place
Angelina Boudy -- Second place
Anh-Tran Dang -- Second place
Saylor Hokien -- Second place
Jackson Margulies -- Second place
Yasamin Nojaba -- Second place
Ryan Rodriguez -- Second place
Malena Romero -- Second place
Alejandro Sandoval -- Second place
Catalina Vasquez -- Second place



A special congratulations goes to Gissel Garcia for receiving a Judges Choice award for her poem titled "Where I'm From."  She was recognized at the Fair on April 4th.


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