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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Estancia Teen Gets Worldwide Education

By Laura Nesbitt
Mountain View Telegraph
          There are lots of things Rose Daniel cares deeply about, and she got the opportunity to learn about some of those things in Denver last month.
        Rose is a sophomore at Estancia High School who just returned from the Global Youth Forum hosted by People to People International. She was one of about 200 young people from 14 countries who attended the forum.
        She was selected, along with several others, to receive a scholarship by Trustee Charles W. Hostler, former U.S. ambassador to Bahrain.
        "I got a better understanding of the world outside the U.S. and New Mexico and Torrance County," Rose said.
        "It expanded my horizons as to there's a whole world out there, and people aren't as privileged everywhere. It never hit home until I met these people."
        One of the things she cares deeply about is education.
        As Rose talked about the importance of going to school, she opened a book by Page McBrier that was signed by Beatrice Biira, about whom the book was written. Rose met Biira who received a goat through Heifer Project International. Biira sold the goat's milk and paid for an education for herself and her nine brothers and sisters, Rose said.
        "I like the book because it's a reminder of the struggle that people in other countries have to receive an education," Rose said.
        She also cares deeply about freedom.
        At the forum she listened to Francis Bok, who wrote a book called "Escape from Slavery" about the 10 years he spent as a slave.
        What impressed Rose about Bok was that he didn't seem bitter.
        "He wants to help the people who held him captive. He accepts them," Rose said.
        The struggle that some children have also matters to Rose, who spent a day packing tennis shoes for children in Africa living without shoes for winter.
        At the forum Rose learned from other young people from this country and from around the world that she enjoys certain privileges, and she doesn't take those privileges for granted.
        Rose participates in Youth in Government, the National Youth Advisory Board, the YMCA Youth Conference on National Affairs, Business Professionals of America, and is treasurer of the Student Council, sophomore class officer, a cheerleader, and a member of Estancia track and field.
        Her plans for the future include a bachelor's degree.
        "I want to be a broadcast journalist. I want to get quality information out to people so they can take the facts and decide for themselves," Rose said.