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Tamir Manayeh is an intelligent, multi-talented young lady who is a senior at South Lakes High School in Reston, Virginia. She came to the U.S. from Ethiopia at the tender age of five and has competed with the very best of them here in the U.S. ! Revered by her peers and teachers, Tamir is a member of the National Honors Society with a 4.0 GPA and has excelled in Honors courses in Chemistry, History, English, Physics, Biology, Digital Multimedia & Web Technologies, and Spanish. But she’s also a singer, actor, athlete, peer mediator, and dancer. She takes the lead in several organizations. She is the Captain and choreographer for Varsity Ballet, is on the Dance Team, Track Team, South Lakes Singers, Cheerleading, Step Team, Double Dutch, and President of the Interact Club which is an international student club that donates food and services to those in need. Her community service exemplifies her compassion for others as well. She worked on raising money on the Tsunami Relief Fund, has raised money for children with AIDS in Uganda, serves as a mentor for choir students, has gone to nursing homes and given her one-on-one time with patients, even doing their hair and painting their nails, and she set up a canned food drive in her school for families in need during Thanksgiving. Currently she’s also working with her family on trying to open a clinic in a rural part of Ethiopia. Even though Tamir came here very young, she has never forgotten her heritage and has taken full advantage of the opportunity this country has to offer by also creating opportunities of her own. Her character, accomplishments, and compassion for others is testament to her name. In fact, she was voted Homecoming Queen and is the first Ethiopian at her high school to hold that title.Tamir, be hoolom neger tamiryalesh!!
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