Scholarship Winner for this year is Tyra Adair
Tyra will be attending Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as a Cal Poly Scholar and will be majoring in Animal Science. She aspires to become a veterinarian and open her own clinic. Tyra has an affection for animals that was made evident in her application and interview. One of her aspirations in life is to bring more kindness to the world by teaching and modeling integrity, responsibility, and respect for others. She credits College Night for providing her family the opportunity to understand the importance and excitement surrounding higher education as she will be a first-generation college student. College Night helped Tyra learn about colleges and universities she had never heard of before and to understand their application processes.
Tyra is an outstanding scholar with many distinctions awarded for not only academics, but character, involvement in the arts, and involvement in various clubs and service organizations, including HOSA, NAMI, Link Crew, ASB, Theater, and Drill and Dance Team.
Though extensive, her list of activities gave the committee true insight into who she is as a person and what is truly important to her. Her volunteer work has impacted areas of the community surrounding: fundraising, religion, toy drives, blood drives, and other school and community activities.
Tyra has mentioned she has been able to stay involved and committed to her schoolwork through this pandemic while still being involved with as much as possible and working part-time. She feels very blessed and wants to share her blessings with others. We were impressed by her poise, her ability to communicate effortlessly, and her determination and drive. She is an outstanding young citizen and a fantastic representative of Tulare County.
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