Viviana Garcia-Vlez, 11, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, is one of 12 students to be selected to Junior Council of the weekly youth news magazine "The Week Junior." (Courtesy of "The Week Junior") cknauf@abqjournal.com Wed Feb 01 09:05:58 -0700 2023 1675267551 FILENAME: 1951663.jpg
Viviana Garcia-Vélez spent two years traveling North America with her family, which piqued her concern of climate change. (Courtesy of the Garcia-Vélez Family)
Santa Fe's Viviana Garcia-Vélez is taking her passion for progress to new heights. The 11-year-old has been chosen to serve on the Spring 2023 Junior Council for the weekly youth news magazine The Week Junior. Garcia-Vélez said she was "absolutely shocked" after finding out she was selected. "I knew that a lot of kids all over the country would apply, so I never expected to be chosen!" she wrote in an email. The Week Junior is a magazine directed toward kids ages 8-14, and provides them with information regarding current affairs and issues affecting the world. Garcia-Vélez, who is in sixth grade at Turquoise Trail Charter School in Santa Fe, was one of 12 students chosen out of a pool of hundreds of applicants to serve on the publication's Junior Council.
Viviana Garcia-Vlez, 11, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, is one of 12 students to be selected to Junior Council of the weekly youth news magazine "The Week Junior." (Courtesy of "The Week Junior") cknauf@abqjournal.com Wed Feb 01 09:05:58 -0700 2023 1675267551 FILENAME: 1951663.jpg
