Steven Cardamone was born in New Haven, CT in 1993 and now resides in Grant, Florida. Steven is a student at Brevard Community College and graduated Bayside High School in 2010. Steven was the Cadet Battalion Commander and the Armed Drill Team Commander and was heavily involved with the school’s Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) program. Steven also volunteered with the NJROTC and multiple other community organizations; and continues to do so.
While attending Bayside High School, Steven was selected to attend a Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) seminar in San Diego CA. with the top 0.01% of the nation’s NJROTC cadets. Steven was a delegate to Florida’s Boys State, sponsored by the American Legion, held in Tallahassee; and was elected to the House of Representatives there. While in school he was in the engineering and technology academy, which is an honors program.
Steven plans to continue his education at the University of Central Florida and earn a bachelors degree in Civil Engineering. He is also working with the United States Marine Corps to earn a commission as a Second Lieutenant.
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EmilyRyan was 
born in 1996 in Walden, NY. At age five, her family moved to Westbrookville, NY, and it was there that her mother began homeschooling her. Emily considers this to be her parents’ greatest gift to her. ”Being home-schooled has given me the ability to think differently than other kids my age, and to be more independent in my studying skills” said Emily Ryan.
Although Emily has struggled with a mild form of dyslexia, she has been able to maintain solid A’s and B’s. She is currently enrolled in Calvary Christian School which is a program that meets once a week to give home-schooled kids extracurricular activities such as gym, foreign languages, and the arts. Emily is a part of the Cornell Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Teen Leadership and Career Development Program. She has been given the opportunity to teach a children’s Sunday school class.
Emily participated in a Red Cross program for babysitting which included certification in the Heimlich maneuver and mouth to mouth resuscitation. Her goal once she finishes high school is to go to Patrick Henry University in Virginia with a major in political science. Her dream is to one day be a senator for New York State.
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