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Culver Teens Named LA’s Emerging Leaders

Two Girl Scouts who are residents of Culver City have been named Emerging Leaders by Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles in recognition of their outstanding extra-curricular and academic accomplishments.

On December 5, Kennedy Green and Isabella Pando joined nearly 100 additional Emerging Leaders and hundreds of the most accomplished women in Los Angeles for a luncheon and day of mentorship at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood.

The event concluded a year of celebration honoring the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts of the USA.

Kennedy Green has been a Girl Scout for nine years and has earned the Girl Scout Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards. She loves what Girl Scouts does for the community, and feels that a great team is greater than a great individual.

Currently a student at Harvard-Westlake High, Kennedy wants to study political science or economics in college. She would like to pursue a career in politics holding office as senator or governor to help improve the state of California. Ultimately, she would like to be elected as the first African American female president of the United States.

In her 11 years as a Girl Scout, Isabella has earned the Girl Scout Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards. A junior at Pacifica Christian high school, she won the English award last year, belongs to the Club Hope service club, and is a member of her school’s national and state championship cheerleading squad. She plans to graduate from college and become a physical therapist that works with children.

As one of the world’s preeminent leadership organizations dedicated solely to girls, Girl Scouts has developed girls’ leadership in an accepting and nurturing environment since its inception 100 years ago in 1912. Membership in Girl Scouts is open to every girl, everywhere, in grades K-12. For more information on how to join, volunteer with, reconnect with, and support Girl Scouts, visit http://www.girlscoutsla.org or call 1-888-GSGLA-4-U.