Roxana Garcia was one of five recipients of the “Diversity Makes a Difference” scholarship presented by Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation. As a senior at Highline High School, Roxana is the ASB President and was on a student panel for a district cultural competency training. She recently has taken part in a program called Dual Language Learning and has met with parents and teachers from a local elementary school to discuss the benefits of being bilingual. Her senior project is to host a multicultural fair for the school district.

Roxana is the Latino Club president and is working with the City of Burien on Latino outreach. Because of her leadership, the city now publishes all their brochures and pamphlets in English and Spanish. “It is difficult to even begin to describe the ways Roxana has taken action to increase cultural awareness in the community because there are so many,” writes Lori Box, Roxana’s ASB advisor, who nominated Roxana for this scholarship. She continues, “Roxana has a strong passion for promoting diversity and breaking down cultural barriers.”

Roxana was presented with $200, a Zune, and Microsoft Office 2007 on March 29 at the Jumbo Chinese Restaurant.