Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
All four judges, from left, Lucy Boyd-Wilson, Maritza Gonzalez, Pam Eskue, and Karen Trapane, were members of Fallbrook Toastmasters.
From left, first place winner, senior Sara Solano; second place winner, sophomore Daniela Martinez; honorable mention winners, junior Sheny Tzuquen and sophomore Elena Mendoza; third place winner, senior Alicia Tomas with program director and her mentor, Karen Langer Baker
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook chapter of the American Association of University Women's Mentorship Group's annual speech contest was held in the community room at the Fallbrook library. The topic of this year's speech was, "What can we do to advocate for women's rights?" The room was packed with more than 50 people in the audience.
Before the contest, several girls attended coaching sessions to learn how to organize their speeches, eliminate filler words and how to stand comfortably without fidgeting while projecting their voices. Five mentees participated in the speech contest. The judges agreed that each of them did a fantastic job, which made their ability to choose the order of awards very challenging.
Many girls who have graduated have come back to report that this contest helped them enormously succeed in college and beyond and was the most important foundational event of their high school career.
Submitted by Fallbrook chapter of the American Association of University Women.
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