JESSICA NOLASCO
BIO: Jessica Nolasco is a High School Senior, an International Baccalaureate Programme Diploma Candidate, and President of the National Honor Society at Parkdale High School in Riverdale, Maryland. In her leisure, she crafts her passion for the spoken word. She’s been a member of the youth poetry groupLyrikal Storm since 2010 and is published in “A Celebration of Poets Anthology 2011-2012.” She recently participated in the Emancipation Proclamation “Freedom Competition” and the Rosa Parks Memorial and Breast Cancer Awareness Programs. In 2011, she won a speech contest from the annual Hispanic Youth Institute. In Fall 2013, Jessica will attend the University of Maryland College Park.
BIO: Jessica Nolasco is a High School Senior, an International Baccalaureate Programme Diploma Candidate, and President of the National Honor Society at Parkdale High School in Riverdale, Maryland. In her leisure, she crafts her passion for the spoken word. She’s been a member of the youth poetry groupLyrikal Storm since 2010 and is published in “A Celebration of Poets Anthology 2011-2012.” She recently participated in the Emancipation Proclamation “Freedom Competition” and the Rosa Parks Memorial and Breast Cancer Awareness Programs. In 2011, she won a speech contest from the annual Hispanic Youth Institute. In Fall 2013, Jessica will attend the University of Maryland College Park.