Guadalupe Calixto-Renewal, who is attending St.She plans to attend Quincy University in the fall and study sports medicine to become a physical therapist. Renee Raglin-Renewal, a student athlete at Alton High School who has been awarded the Alton High School Scholar Athlete award twice.She has been class president for all four years and was elected student council president for her senior year. She plans to continue her education in nursing and eventually obtain a career in healthcare management. Emma Smith, a senior at Civic Memorial High School in Bethalto who is a member of the National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honor Society, and Illinois State Scholars.She plans to continue her fight against social and racial injustice through a career in data analytics. In 2020, as editor of the school's yearbook, she created a section dedicated to the Black Lives Matter protests. Isabella Hall, a senior at Alton High School who is a member of the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honor Society, Pathway to Womanhood and the art club.Thursday night's event also honored the 2023 Josephine Marley Beckwith Future Leader Scholars. 'Those 28 of us have an opportunity, and I have a responsibility, to change the culture of which I am a part of,' she said. She then mentioned that of the nation's 94 U.S.

She later learned that Taiwan's President, Tsai Ing-wen, is a women. She was asked to join a group of Midwestern legislators to travel to Taiwan to learn and share information regarding agriculture. She was the only woman in the group.ĭuring the trip, she noticed she would be addressed first when the group was asked questions and was asked to make decisions on where to visit on off days. After three days, Crowe aid, she asked the group's tour guide why she would always be addressed first. 'I had the honor of being brought into this great group of women, and it was an experience that I will always treasure,' Crowe said.Ĭrowe told the crowd a story that took place in 2019 while she served in the Illinois Senate.

Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois and a 2020 Woman of Distinction. The event was emceed by Rachelle Aud Crowe, U.S.

Night at the telegraph club