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POB Student Wins Optimum/Altice Hispanic Heritage Essay Contest
POB Student Wins Optimum/Altice Hispanic Heritage Essay Contest
Kiana Ziadkhanpour Named 1 of 4 Winners Chosen from 1,200 Essays Submissions
John F. Kennedy High School student Kiana Ziadkhanpour was recently named one of four winners for her essay submission to the Optimum/Altice Hispanic Heritage Essay Contest. The contest was open to all high school and middle school students who live or attend school in an Optimum or Suddenlink service area, and Kiana’s essay was one of 1,200 essays submitted.
Kiana’s essay focused on Christina Figueres, a former executive at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in conjunction with this year’s task, challenging students to explain what Latino—past or present—they would like to spend a day with. Kiana chose Ms. Figueres because of her personal interest in the UN and one of the reasons she chose to join Model UN club at school. For her achievement, Kiana received a certificate and iPad Mini.