Pictured: Taylor S., a senior at Southeast High School. Photo by Wyatt Kostygan.

Our community is filled with many incredible young people doing such amazing things. This summer, we are featuring some of these young people in our Thursday Family & Education edition. Each of the students we are highlighting has been chosen as one of this year’s SRQ Magazine’s top youth leaders based on their values, determination and outstanding achievements in different aspects of their lives in and out of school.

A college bound senior at Southeast High School, Taylor is an Ambassador in Girl Scouts (which is the highest level) and is working on her Gold Award with them as a community service project. She isCo-Captain of the Nolettes dance and auxiliary dance team. Taylor was nominated by Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast for her achievements and leadership skills.

We asked Taylor to tell us about her role model.

"My role model is my mother," she said. "Seeing her accomplish so much and the hard work and dedication she puts into everything shows me that I can do it too! My goal is to graduate college with a bachelors degree and to be successful in whatever I do."

Pictured: Taylor S., a senior at Southeast High School. Photo by Wyatt Kostygan.