Washington Youth Tour contest winners announced

Hamilton High School students

Hosanna Guerrero, Olivia Lopez, Jasmine Moralez and Ashlynn Rozzo are the winners in Anza Electric Cooperative’s Washington Youth Tour contest.

The Washington Youth Tour brings together 1,800 high school juniors from across the country to experience the nation’s capital and further develop their leadership skills.

Each fall, Anza Electric Cooperative sponsor a contest for four high school juniors to travel to the nation’s capital the following June and represent AEC in the Washington Youth Tour. This year, students were asked to write an essay on an idea that would improve our town or bring more jobs to the area. Thirteen students took up the challenge.

The AEC board of directors also interviewed the students, asking questions about themselves, their future plans and electric cooperatives. Once the scores