Jeffersontown Magazine March 2020

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SOU! NEW AMERICAN SOUL FOOD RESTAURANT OPENS IN JEFFERSONTOWN

Chef James Moran’s earliest memories of the kitchen are standing with his mother peeling garlic, trimming scallions and tasting bulgogi beef — moments that shaped his palate and his future.

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20 Home of Hope: St. Joseph

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CELEBRATE SPRING AT THE CITY OF JEFFERSONTOWN’S EASTERFEST ON APRIL 11 Dig out the Easter baskets, get the kids and head over to Veterans Memorial Park, 10707 Taylorsville Road, for Easterfest 2020 on Saturday, April 11.

There will be an Easter egg hunt with 10,000 eggs, games, and an opportunity to take pictures with the Easter Bunny. (Bring your camera.) The event begins at 11 a.m. with the hunt starting at 11:15. The fun continues until 1 p.m.

In the event of inclement weather, the celebration will move inside at The Jeffersonian, 10617 Taylorsville Road, which is adjacent to the park.

Mayor Bill Dieruf and the Jeffersontown City Council hope your family joins the fun!

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Six picnic pavilions are available for rental at Veterans Memorial Park, 10707 Taylorsville Road.

The picnic pavilions are adjacent to an all-accessible playground and the Freedom Wall monument.

Prices to rent the pavilions vary.

Costs for Jeffersontown residents are $25, $50 and $100; costs for others are $35, $75 and $105. Call 267-8333 to book your date.

It’s time to get a spot to sell your wares at the area’s best outdoor market — the Jeffersontown Farmers Market!

Applications are being accepted now for the 2020 season. To apply, visit jeffersontownky.gov.

The Farmers Market will operate at the Jeffersontown Pavilion, 10434 Watterson Trail on Saturdays, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., from May 2 through Oct. 23. The pavilion is located near Jeffersontown City Hall.

LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA REIMAGINES ‘THE SOLDIER’S TALE’ WITH PUPPETS HELPING TELL FOLKLORE MASTERPIECE The City of Jeffersontown and The Louisville Orchestra continue their partnership during “An Evening with the Arts” on Thursday, March 5, at The Jeffersonian, 10617 Taylorsville Road. Conductor Teddy Abrams will lead the orchestra through a trio of musical performances.

An allegorical version of Igor Stravinsky’s “The Soldier’s Tale” will be performed with puppets used to help tell the tale. This version is inspired by the vision of director/performer David Bridel. The performance features puppets by master puppeteer Bob Beuth. Two other pieces to be performed are Maurice Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin” and “Sarah Kirkland Snider’s “Hireath.”

“An Evening with the Arts” also features a showcase of local artists’ works, and refreshments will be served. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the concert beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets purchased online at louisvilleorchestra.org cost $20. Tickets are available at the door for $25.

The concert, sponsored by Elite Built Homes, is part of the orchestra’s Music Without Borders series, sponsored

by Republic Bank. Owsley Brown III provided additional support for this performance.

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Chef James Moran

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Chef James Moran’s earliest memories of the kitchen are standing with his mother peeling garlic, trimming scallions and tasting bulgogi beef — moments that shaped his palate and his future.

“I was the chubbiest little Korean kid,” he says. “We did a lot of cooking, my mom and I, whether it was making dumplings together or egg rolls.”

“I wanted something that kind of touched into my culture. My mother is from Seoul, Korea. That piqued my culinary interest,” he says.

Moran was heavily influenced by Cajun creole, southern cooking and Asian flavors.

The mix is his version of soul food made with fresh ingredients from local farmers.

“When you think of soul food, it’s not just shrimp and grits and chicken and waffles, which we have,” Moran says. “But it touches different cultures’ soul foods as well. We Moran and his business partner Ashley have a pork belly appetizer with kimchi Sayler, opened SOU! (Pronounced So-You), braised greens and Korean barbecue. We a restaurant near Plainview focused on New didn’t want to just limit ourselves as an American soul food cuisine, in November.

Asian restaurant or an Indian restaurant or a In that short time, they’ve built a robust clunky soul food place.” menu that ranges in both flavors and cultural influence.

The influence of Moran’s mom, a single

mother from Korea, is evident in the nuanced flavors he tries to extract in the open concept kitchen. With his mother’s passing in 2016, he’s tried to honor her memory with his dedication to the food he prepares. He keeps a photo of the two of them next to his ticket printer in the kitchen.

“Those memories of our time in the kitchen I cherish a little bit more,” Moran says. “You tend to not forget because those memories are all I have left. They are so detailed, so realistic. I hold those memories near and dear to my heart.”

He’s translated those vivid recollections of food into a vibrant menu. Guests can choose from a variety of appetizers ranging from crispy Brussel sprouts with black garlic nori vinaigrette, charred herb aioli and togarashi puffed grains ($11) to

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pan-seared scallops with Jerusalem artichoke, bacon fat leek and apple ($17). Entrees include a Black Hawk Farms KY burger with pimento cheese and bacon onion jam ($17) and 8 oz. hanger steak with umami fries served with beef fat gochujang aioli and a pineapple brown sugar Tamara alongside a citrus herb salad ($31).

The 3,500 square foot restaurant located at 9980 Linn Station Road seats about 85 people. About 18 of those are seated around a bar situated in the middle of the space. Another couple dozen of seats are around two long community tables and a chef ’s table where guests can dine while watching the open kitchen in action.

Moran describes the vibe of the space as “comfortable, approachable, not stuffy at all.”

“I like to have nice music playing,” he says. “It’s kind of a chill, relaxed environment with the food and cocktails being a little more elevated.

You would be in place in jeans and a t-shirt or feel at home with a suit if you are coming in after work.”

Sayler says they wanted to create a “cool experience for guests,” something different than any other restaurant in town.

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front of the house and takes care of the business aspect of the restaurant.

restaurants come and go in the area but he’s hoping that his unique flavors and dedication to quality will lead to a different outcome.

“She was confident in what I brought to the table and realized I was a different sort of chef,� he says. “Her strong suits are events and public relations, marketing.

She manages our social media and I’m the restaurant guy.�

With nearly two decades of restaurant experience under his belt, Moran ventured out on his own several years ago. For five years, he worked as chef de cuisine at Seviche on Bardstown Road. Before that, you could find him at Sake Blue Japanese The location — in an old Skyline Bistro. Since leaving Seviche, he has worked Chili building — in Jeffersontown was as a consulting chef at Sullivan University, intentional. There are not many chef-driven 8UP Elevated Drinkery & Kitchen, the Pine restaurants in the east end, without traveling Room in Harrods Creek and Longboard’s about 20 minutes to Norton Commons or Taco and Tiki in New Albany. head over to Frankfort Avenue.

He and Sayler met at Sullivan University, where he was working as an executive chef “We looked at Old Henry Road and and she as a director of sales. The two struck Middletown but didn’t think the area was up a friendship when Moran shared his ready for what we wanted to offer. We wanted to stay in the east end and tap into a dreams of one day opening his own concept. demographic that we think will really enjoy After leaving Sullivan, Sayler kept in contact with Moran and eventually asked him if was SOU!,� he says. still serious about opening his own place.

The rest, he says, is history. Sayler runs the Moran adds that he has seen a lot of

Sayler says she and Moran live by the same motto: “We should be the hardest workers on the floor.� “We are only as good as our team,� she adds.

Moran began tossing around the idea of SOU! back in 2014. Then, it was just a jumble of thoughts. But, slowly, a name, a vision and even a layout started to take shape. “I knew that I didn’t want to continue to work as hard as I was working for someone else,� he says. “If I was going to work that hard — 100-hour weeks and no vacation —

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I realized I better do it myself or I’d be doing guy that is excited to be part of the growing culinary scene in Louisville. that forever.”

Moran prides himself on exceptional attention to detail. A big part of that detail was ensuring the restaurant had an open kitchen, where guests can see everything happening in the kitchen.

“We have our hair pulled back,” he says.

“We dress to impress. No one is on their cell phones. There is a certain level of professional pride in what we do. We always keep it clean. Guests can come in and be right on our back, hear every conversation.

They can see the care we put into cooking.”

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SOU! is located at 9980 Linn Station Road in Jeffersontown. You can visit them online at sou-louisville.com or give them a call at 502-614-6499 for more information.

“If everyone doesn’t know about Louisville and their food, they will soon enough. It’s that special in my opinion,” he says.

With spring on the horizon, Sayler says they have a patio in the works and will likely host

Front and center in Moran’s mind is his four-year-old daughter Sage. Her well-being and future is what drives him to be a better person and chef and as he describes it to “keep my foot on the throttle, to set trends, push the envelope and get better.”

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5 SCHOOL PROBLEMS THAT COULD BE VISION RELATED Writer / Dr. Bowersox (Bowersox Vision)

As parents, many of us have been there.

A smart child that is underperforming at school always leads to a million questions: Classmate problems? Not connecting with the teacher? ADD/ADHD? Dyslexia or maybe something else?

Surprisingly, many people overlook vision!

Many, but not all eye doctors, look for clinical findings that are associated with school and reading problems. Here is what to watch out for!

1. Blur, eye rubbing, sleepy or getting headaches after 20 minutes of reading.

This can be a problem with focusing,

bringing the eyes together, or several other problems.

2. U sing a finger or ruler to keep their place on a page. Typically, this is a problem related to moving our eyes in a reading type movement. This should be normal after age 6.

3. P oor comprehension with reading.

Another sign of reading eye movement problems. If a child can tell you more about a book if you read it to them vs them reading it alone, this is a likely contributor.

4. G rades that are not aligned with ability. A-B brain with C-D grades.

Many children don’t work up to their full potential because they don’t know that they are not seeing like their classmates and can’t explain why they are not doing well in school.

5. Home work is a nightmare! They cry, you cry. They tell you “I can’t”. It is often seen as an excuse or laziness but it can be eye related.

Ask your doctor if they specifically look for convergence (eyes coming together as in reading) and saccadic or reading type eye movement skills. If not, ask them to refer you to a doctor that is trained in binocular vision or you can find a doctor near you at COVD.org.

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Over two decades ago, there were virtually zero opportunities for teenage girls in Louisville to participate in meaningful enrichment or personal development.

Louisville Girls Leadership (LGL) was formed to fill that void.

At the beginning of each school year, LGL welcomes 40 sophomore students from area high schools, with the goal of serving girls from as many schools as possible. This year’s class marks the most diverse group yet, with girls representing 28 schools and 23 zip codes. Over one-third of this year’s participants identify as black or African-American, and nearly another third are mixed, Middle Eastern, Asian, AsianAmerican, Hispanic or Latino.

Last year brought big changes for LGL including a new program coordinator, as well as the addition and expansion of various events and offerings.

“Last summer I joined the LGL staff and began to learn what it meant to work for an organization wholly dedicated to their mission, ‘By girls, for girls,’” says new program coordinator Laura Patterson.

A group of program alumnae who are current juniors and seniors in high school serve on the organization’s steering committee, and are responsible for designing and implementing the year’s programming for the new group of participants.

“Each experience put on by LGL is carefully designed by high school students to challenge their peers to rise up as leaders,” MARCH 2020

Patterson says. “Our steering committee is the force behind each program.”

Heba Qaissi, a senior at Walden School who lives in Jeffersontown, is one of the steering committee co-chairs this year. She applied to be a participant in the program two years ago after a friend encouraged her to apply, and she’s been hooked ever since.

“Going into the program, I didn’t really know what it was about, just that it included girls and empowerment, which sounded pretty cool,” Qaissi says. “It has been a really powerful and eye-opening experience, learning about issues and how we as girls can be leaders. We learn how to really get involved in our communities and use our passions to create a better world.”

After graduating from the program, Qaissi

joined the steering committee as a junior so she could help implement some of her own ideas and share them with a group of like-minded girls. She was inspired during her time as a participant, and wanted the opportunity to have an impact on the younger generation.

Lindsey Latts, a junior at Kentucky Country Day School who also serves on the steering committee, joined LGL and stayed involved for similar reasons. The program had been on her radar for years leading up to her actual participation, as her mom served on the program’s board in its early days. She is proud to carry on the family legacy and help the program to evolve.

Both Qaissi and Latts agree that one of their favorite aspects of LGL is the opportunity to have meaningful connections with other girls from all parts of Louisville in an inclusive, empowering environment.

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“Going to such a small school, I’ve felt isolated from all of the other schools throughout the greater Louisville area,” Latts says. “In the past year and a half, I have met so many girls from all over the city, and I am constantly exposed to different ideas and perspectives when we are discussing important issues.”

Qaissi adds that she appreciated the opportunity to grow her network.

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and empowerment for young girls, either as a day job or as a volunteer,” she says. “This experience has really shaped who I am, and LGL has taught me about service and knowing how to give back, especially if you are able to do so.”

This year’s steering committee chose four main topics around which to design leadership programming. The first, Women in Power, will challenge the girls to find what it means to step into their power and unlock their potential as leaders. College and Career Readiness will allow the girls to discover available opportunities to design a future that inspires them. Anti-Racism and AntiOppression will help the girls unlearn their bias so they can lead with more care, courage and integrity. Finally, the girls will focus on Health and Well-Being, learning strategies to take care of their mental, physical and sexual health as young people and leaders.

The learning objectives are addressed through monthly sessions that allow the

girls to connect with one another, as well as host powerful women in the community as speakers and facilitators. An overnight event is held at the beginning of each program year to help the girls break the ice with one another in a fun, relaxed way.

will lead their first-ever STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) day for girls. This day-long event will allow girls and women to demonstrate and practice STEM skills to inspire and support area students interested in STEM fields.

In addition to the monthly sessions, the students also host major events for youth across the city. February saw the second annual Galentine’s Dance, a communitywide event to engage girls and provide a safe, empowering space for students to celebrate their friendships with one another.

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“LGL is definitely a hidden gem in the community,” Qaissi says. “You’ll meet the best people of your life and form connections you’d never thought you’d have as a participant. The motto says it all - ‘By girls, for girls.’ We’re doing this to help benefit all girls in society, so they will know how to tap into their full potential.”

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The organization’s signature fundraising event, Onward!, is coming up on Friday, March 13, and provides a chance for community members to get to know the program and its participants better.

The event will be held at Copper & Kings distillery from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., and will feature presentations from the girls highlighting the challenges and opportunities young women encounter in today’s society.

beautiful thing to know that every person around you is a feminist and a supporter of the future of girls in our city. The feeling in the room was electric.”

The event includes hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Tickets are $35 online and $40 at the door, and can be purchased at onward20.eventbrite.com.

“Our 2020 event is going to be even more meaningful since we’ll be celebrating the centennial of women Attendees are invited to participate in a night of networking, empowerment and winning the right to vote,” says Raley, fundraising, all in the name of supporting noting that white women received the right to vote in 1920, but all women girls in Louisville. Last year’s event could not fully exercise the right to vote had over 200 attendees, and this year until decades later. “If you believe in promises to be even bigger. the power of women and girls, this is an evening you don’t want to miss.”

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“People don’t want to talk or think about When St. Joseph was first established as an children being abused, or who’ve been hurt orphanage nearly two centuries ago, children and have nowhere to live,” Christina says. most commonly lived at the home due to “It’s natural for people to avoid talking about economic hardship, war time or disease uncomfortable topics unless they’ve gone epidemics. Communications Director through that experience themselves. So how Christina Miller says the home has evolved to do we get the community to care enough to meet the current needs of the community. at least sit down and listen? Kids are healing here but what we want most is to connect She says the children who reside at the home them with their forever family.”

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In 2015 St. Joseph Children’s Home joined The Face It® movement, which seeks to end child abuse and neglect once and for all.

“We currently have three core programs residential treatment, therapeutic foster care and adoption, and the child development center, which serves close to 350 children, infant to 21 years old, annually across programs,” Christina says.

The residential treatment program is home to 48 children who live on campus while waiting to be placed back into a home setting such as a foster home or a relative’s home. The children receive intensive individual and group therapy, and participate in an array of therapeutic activities like yoga, a bike club, and a hip hop dance class.

“Art therapy is huge here”, Christina says. “Mainly that just has to do with how your brain really copes with trauma at that age. A lot of our kids haven’t developed the brain structures or neuronal connections necessary to process trauma in a verbal way. Art is a nonverbal way to do that.”

St. Joe’s therapeutic foster care and adoption program is aimed at providing safe and loving homes for children in need. The driving force behind the program is to find kids their forever, adoptive families, and St. Joe’s continues to have one of the highest rates of adoption in the state among private agencies.

“We provide our foster families with every level of support, from physical needs such as clothing or car seats to emotional needs,” Christina says.

The child development center (CDC) cares for children six weeks to five years old. The program is open to the community, and to St. Joe’s foster families and staff. Kids can come in and be involved in early childhood education programs. Some of the CDC staff has been working at St. Joe’s for more than thirty years.

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An annual St. Joe’s picnic - a tradition that dates all the way back to 1850 - is held every August.

“New families have been created at picnics,” Christina says. “Couples or individuals have come to the picnic, happened to talk to a volunteer at our foster care booth, got connected, and now have adopted children through our foster care and adoption program.”

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The weeks after Winter Break can drag on and on, especially during an exceptionally cold and dreary winter. A little Spring Break planning can be just the thing to get you out of the winter doldrums and looking forward to some time away. Whether you stay close or travel far, here are some tips for planning your Spring Break trip.

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Online travel agencies like Expedia, Travelocity and Kayak allow you to search for travel deals all around the world. Many even have special Spring Break pages, providing trip suggestions for flights, hotels and activities.

If you’ll be traveling by air, some travel experts suggest the best time to purchase airline tickets is on a Tuesday, as prices tend to drop that day each week. Sign up for airline and hotel emails to unlock other deals.

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Thanks to a new program called Clean Hands Up!, last fall these young scholars were introduced to a new subject - the importance of proper hygiene. Teen instructors from Jeffersontown High School were their teachers for a day, and their goal was to show the five- and six-year-olds how to wash their hands the right way.

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Fern Creek, hand washing is the best way to stop transmission of infectious organisms through contact such as handshakes and high-fives.

“With proper hand hygiene, we can prevent potentially serious illnesses,” he says.

What can we transmit if we don’t wash our hands thoroughly, and on a regular basis?

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including bacteria and viruses, can be spread through our hands,” Khan says. “We often end up touching our mouths, noses and eyes throughout the day without having washed our hands first.”

Khan explains that this practice can lead to contracting and spreading illnesses like the flu, respiratory syncytial virus, colds, E. coli and more.

“A lot of germs spread through the fecaloral route, which means germs can be spread to nearby objects or food if we don’t wash our hands after going to the bathroom,” Khan says.

The teen mentors involved with this initiative are part of the Business and Health Science Academy in the Allied Health program at Jeffersontown High School.

Academy Coach Ashley Conway explains that students who follow this pathway study e-commerce, marketing, allied health, patient care tech and pre-nursing. The

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“The students are learning from the experts in their field,” Conway says. “It’s an awesome opportunity for the kids. Ms. Abma was the one to bring the hand-washing idea to our students.”

Abma is a registered nurse with experience working in the neonatal intensive care unit at Norton Hospital. She also taught at Brown Mackie College in the licensed nursing program. She has been teaching in the health science pathway for Jefferson County public schools for 10 years. O’Brien works for VNA Home Health in addition to instructing at the high school.

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times and techniques to wash hands.”

One of the students involved with the hand washing program is high school junior Mikayla Dailey. Dailey is part of the Health and Business pathway, and she’s focusing mainly on courses geared towards the health Once they’ve gone over the steps, the student instructors have the children put and medical fields. their skills to the test and ask them to wash their hands with soap using the 10-count “I chose this pathway because I’m very process. They once again shine the black interested in nursing and pediatrics, and light on their hands to see how effective hope to go into the medical field when I they were in washing properly. graduate,” Dailey says.

Dailey enjoyed working with the elementary children because it gave her and others in the program a greater understanding of the teaching process, and how to instruct younger students on proper hand washing.

Brooke Schilling, principal at Jeffersontown Elementary School, is thrilled with the program on many levels.

“We did this last year as well, so this is our second year partnering up with the hand washing classes,” she says. “J-Town is a very “In our presentation we use the glow-intight-knit community, so any time we have the-dark lotion that has germs in it,” Dailey a chance to collaborate with schools or local says. “The kids rub on the lotion and then we shine a black light on their hands to show businesses, it just speaks volumes about them where the germs are and what they look the area we live in. We’re also pleased that

we can be part of this program, especially during this time of year with so many germs floating around. It’s a healthy way to be preventative and to protect ourselves, especially in the elementary school.”

Schilling says both age groups gained something from the experience.

“The elementary kids absolutely loved it, but it was also great to have the high school kids at our school because many of them attended J-Town Elementary,” she says. “It’s neat for us to see how much they’ve grown, and we appreciate how they’re giving back to the school they once attended.”

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With her focus on sports and academics, Weiter’s parents received quite the surprise when she announced she would be a contestant in the Miss Kentucky USA pageant as her first pageant.

“I totally came out of left field with the idea, but my parents have always encouraged me to go after whatever I wanted to accomplish,” Weiter says.

So, she traded in her sports equipment and cleats for a chance at the crown in the Miss Kentucky USA pageant.

“The pageant was completely different than what I expected,” she says. “I didn’t really do pageant hair and makeup before, so I was surprised that everyone had full hair and makeup at orientation. I was one of the few that wasn’t as made up as the other girls.”

Weiter forged her own path during the pageant. She was one of the few contestants without a collection of coaches advising her on hair, makeup, interview questions, personal training and mental strategy. Typically, pageant contestants bring on coaches to consult them throughout the pageant.

“It’s definitely a whirlwind roller coaster, but in the most fun way,” she says. “It’s a once in a lifetime thing.”

Weiter says she’s found a new side of her, but still remains the same person on the inside.

“I still wear hangout clothes, joggers and t-shirts,” she says. “I love being able to strip down without hair and makeup, but I’ve learned to enjoy the ‘getting ready’ process more.

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Weiter learned much from her experience through the people she met and her fellow contestants.

“Pageantry is a mental game,” she says.

“It’s so easy to get in your head, but if you don’t let things affect you and stay mentally strong, the competition is so much easier.

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Weiter also works closely with Engineering Without Borders USA, an initiative that partners with communities around the world to satisfy basic human needs, like clean water or solar panels for power. She plans on traveling to Africa and South American to volunteer.

“We do a lot that flies under the radar, but there is a big need for water distribution, storage for crops and water wells as a way to provide clean drinking water to the communities,” Weiter says.”

As for any words of wisdom for anyone who may consider doing something out of the ordinary, Weiter says, “In order to compete well, you have to know yourself and be yourself. You have to compete with yourself.”

After Weiter passes the crown, she plans to continue her work in the engineering field as well as her work with Engineering Without Borders.

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