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Milford Mill Senior Named Woman Of Year
Meet Baltimore County's Young Woman of the Year for 2019: Haleemat Adekoya.
OWINGS MILLS-REISTERTOWN, MD - From Baltimore County Public Schools: The Baltimore County Commission for Women has selected Milford Mill Academy senior Haleemat Adekoya as its 2019 Young Woman of the Year.
“I am so proud of Haleemat for receiving this honor,” said Baltimore County Public Schools Interim Superintendent Verletta White. “I have the opportunity to interact with Haleemat regularly, and in every situation, she is well-prepared, insightful, and positive. Her intellect is well-balanced with her empathy and her commitment to making a positive difference in the world. She has already achieved so much and she has yet to graduate from high school. I cannot wait to see what she will accomplish later in her life and career.”
Adekoya represents all 114,000 students of BCPS as the Student Member on the Board of Education of Baltimore County. In addition, she serves as a member of the Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council, and she hosts two shows on BCPS-TV: Hanging with Haleemat (about student clubs) and Chat Café (a student talk show).
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At Milford Mill, Adekoya serves as the president of the Class of 2019, is a member of the National Honor Society, the National Technical Honor Society, and the Principal’s Advisory Board.
Her work in the community includes participating as an advisee in #BUILTBYGIRLS, an online STEM mentoring program; serving as a business program executive for Jennifer Ukegbu, LLC; acting as program coordinator for From Prison Cells to PhD; and leading Dare2Bee, a female empowerment organization she founded.
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Last summer she was one of 13 high school students to participate in the eight-week Johns Hopkins Internship in Brain Sciences, engaging in research into mental health issues like Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery. Adekoya aspires to become a child mental health advocate and educator.
Adekoya will be one of three women honored at the 37th Annual Woman of the Year Awards ceremony, which will take place Thursday, March 28, at 6 p.m. in the Baltimore County Council Chambers. Other honorees at the ceremony will be the 2019 Baltimore County Woman of the Year and the winner of the LaFrance Muldrow Woman Making a Difference Award.