Carter Faculty and Students Decorate their First Period Hallway Area

Daniela Flores is a 17-year-old, First-Generation student at Jimmy Carter Early College High School located in La Joya, TX. Her main goal is to earn the education that her parents and grandparents wished for her to have, and she is currently a dual-enrollment student at South Texas College working toward completing her Associate's Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies of Criminal Justice. Daniela aspires to become a lawyer and eventually a Supreme Court Justice as one of her role models, Sonia Sotomayor. Since she has grown, so has her love for learning which is one of the reasons why she chooses to go to Carter because of all the learning opportunities it provides. While being at Carter, Daniela has become a part of many clubs and organizations: Leo Club, Future Business Leaders of America, UIL Prose & Poetry, Student Council, Battle of the Books/Book club, and National Honor Society.