Gloria Reyes, a junior attending Tonkawa High School, was chosen through a highly competitive application process to participate as a Youth Leadership Oklahoma Delegate. She will be taking a weeklong educational tour across the great state of Oklahoma. She will learn lessons about leadership, trust, problem solving, communication, cooperation, career opportunities, but most importantly, why Oklahoma is such a great place to live and work.
“The mission of Youth Leadership Oklahoma is to instill in young people a hope, pride and responsibility for Oklahoma’s future. Youth Leadership Oklahoma emulates the adult program by providing leadership opportunities to Oklahoma’s youth and ensuring a deeper understanding of the critical issues our state and nation face as a whole. Leadership Oklahoma believes that to keep highly caliber people in Oklahoma, you must evoke an emotional attachment to it; a sense of loyalty, inclusion, responsibility and accountability. “I am honored to be chosen as a Youth Leadership Oklahoma Delegate and to represent my hometown of Tonkawa doing my best to make Tonkawa proud,” she said.
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