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Valerie holding her Co-MVP plaque

Junior Valerie Morales plays midfielder for the Lady Lobos Varsity Soccer team. After the three-day tournament, where the Lady Lobos placed second place, the host of the game presented Morales with a Co- MVP plaque in recognition of her being named Most Valuable Player. The coaches of all the teams who participated in the tournament voted for the MVPs. Morales scored seven goals in the Edcouch-Elsa Lady Jackets Varsity Soccer Tournament.

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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.