Teresa Benitez
Reno, Nevada
Age: 24
Education:
Robert McQueen High School
University of Nevada, Reno Graduate
Platform Issue: Poverty: A N.E.W. Focus
Scholastic Ambition: Accepted to University of Michigan to pursue a Master’s Degree in Social Work
Talent: Monologue
Scholastic Honors: National Forensic League; Sue Wagner Political Science Scholar; Junior Achievement of Northern Nevada Scholar
Other Accomplishments: Studied abroad in Santiago, Chile (Spring 2000); Nevada State Speech & Debate Champion (1995); co-founder, Nevada Empowered Women’s project, “Mover and Shaker for the Millennium” Reno Gazette Journal 2000
Employment: Food server for a restaurant
Family: Mother works for the municipal court. She has two siblings: Marielena, 23, and Angelina, 21.
Career Ambition: To write policy on social welfare issues and to later become Senator Benitez
Local Competition Sponsor: Miss Silver State
State Competition Sponsor: Miss Nevada Scholarship Program, Mesquite
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