North County Student Receives National Award for Artwork

senior Ashley Lim recently received the National Art Education Association 2012 Rising Stars Secondary Recognition Award.

“I realized how much art meant to me when I was 12, when my family immigrated to the United States,” Lim wrote in her award application, according to a press release from the school system. “I found one fantastic place that eliminated my fearful feelings toward this new environment. The only place I felt comfortable was my art class.”

Lim is the third Anne Arundel County student to receive the award in the past three years, according to the release.

See the full release attached to this article.