Intern Bio’s

Hello! My name is Asha Banerjee and I am a senior at Cherry Creek High School. I am extremely involved with current events. I am a debate captain this year and last year was president of the Model United Nations club. I was born and raised in Colorado but have spent every summer and winter in India, visiting family. Outside of school, I love reading and watching movies. After studying international government for so long, I am very excited and curious about local municipal government.

I am 18 years old, born on Aug. 25th, 1995. I am currently a senior at Cherry Creek High School, playing my second year on Varsity lacrosse, and maitnining 3.5 GPA from last year with 6 AP credits. My academic scope is very broad, from taking Sci-Fi class to AP Comparative Government to AP Calculus. I've always retained an interest in government and the study of people - highlighted through courses such as AP US Government, Comparative Government, World history and European history - through which I have developed my core,world opinions. All in all, I am very excited to peer into the world of locally run government and expand my view of the great city I live in.

My name is Brett Maney, and I'm a junior at Littleton High School. I'm very interested in politics, and hope to become a political speech writer or work in political communications. I love thinking about how words will be perceived, and helping others to better communicate their thoughts. At my school, I am a captain on the Speech and Debate team where I participate in Original Oratory. I also play field hockey, swim and play golf.

My name is Ethan Widoff and I am a junior at Cherry Creek High School. Ever since I have been little kid, I have had a dream of changing the world. Because of this dream, I am excited for the opportunity to serve for Mr. Presley and learn what it takes to serve as a leader in government. In the classroom, I am a very dedicated student and have a passion for History and the Social Sciences. I also compete in Speech and Debate and serve on Creek's National Honor Society and Student Senate. Outside of school, baseball takes up most of my free time. I am a middle infielder in the Cherry Creek program, and my team and I have captured two League Championships, a AABC 16U State Championship, a AABC 15U National Berth, and a AABC 16U Regional Birth. Additionally, I enjoy fly fishing and horseback riding in the offseason. Finally, community service is a very important part of my life. My cousin Derek Rudawsky suffers from a very serious form of childhood epilepsy called Dravet Syndrome. He struggles with many everyday activities that many take for granted, yet he never complains and always has a smile on his face and is a huge inspiration to me and all who meet him. Therefore, when I was 9 years old, I decided to take a stand against childhood epilepsy in hopes of one day finding a cure, so I held a charity golf-fundraiser for my birthday party that year. I continued holding charitable events for my birthday every year until in 2009 when I was awarded the Prudential Spirit of Community Award, a national award recognizing two students from each state for his or her philanthropic efforts. After receiving this award I decided that I wanted to take it one step further so I organized a group of seven student co-chairs, and we began organizing the first annual 5k event called Derek's Dash. The annual event has gone on for 5 years now, and we have been able to raise over $165,000 for the Dravet Syndrome Foundation. Now doctors around the world are working to find a cure for this disease. I dream of sparking a flame of inspiration that one day might change that world, and I believe that this internship is a great way to further learn how to make this happen.

I grew up in Ghana for the first 9 years of my life. I was born in a small suburb just outside of the capital city of Accra, called Tema. My earliest memories of government was dealing with American immigration. Currently, I attend Littleton High School and participate in both Student Council and International affairs club. My interest cover a broad spectrum from computers and software engineering to speech and debate to participating in FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America). I recently took part in the Junior Achievement Stock market challenge where I and team of 4 others traded $500,000 of make believe stock in a fictitious simulation of the stock market. After 60 minutes we ended with almost $2,000,000 and took 3rd place for Littleton High School out of 58 teams. I'm also really interested in politics in general and excited to watch policy unfold at the municipal level.

Hi, I'm Julie. I am a boston born, first generation American with large ambitions. For as long as I can remember I have wanted to be involved in the government and make a positive change for the people around me. I take part in marching band, and have been playing the clarinet since second grade, and I am an adventure leader; which is a student taught course in coursing student growth through actions and interactions with people they wouldn't normally affiliate themselves with. I am 17 and moved to Colorado from Connecticut when I was about ten. I am a strong willed outgoing young girl who will make a difference.

Having just completed my junior year at Cherry Creek High School, I am looking forward to going beyond the classroom to pursue my interests in government, politics, and public policy. For the past two years, I have given back to my community by serving as a board member on the Rose Youth Foundation, where I collaborated with 22 other teenagers to allocate grants to organizations working to better the greater Denver area. In addition to community service, an important part of my life has always been gymnastics. I have competed for USA gymnastics since I was six and have been a member of the varsity team at Cherry Creek High School since freshman year. From maintaining commitments to time management to conquering fears, I have gained so much from all of these experiences and am excited to learn more from serving as an intern for Greenwood Village.

For my entire life I have lived in Colorado; 3 years in Parker and 14 years in Greenwood Village. I have enjoyed the Colorado environment as I am an avid mountain biker and skier. I am currently a student at Cherry Creek High School and I run on cross country and I am an officer of a community service club called Excalibur. I have always been interested in government since the time I took my first government class in eighth grade. As I have progressed through life I have become more curious about government, especially the government of Greenwood Village-where I have lived most of my life. Although I don't plan to go into policy making necessarily, I do plan to join the Air Force and eventually NASA to carry out the government's policy.

For the first thirteen years of my life, I lived in and around Philadelphia. After moving to Greenwood Village in 2008, I began attending Campus Middle School. I am currently a junior at Cherry Creek High School, where I am involved in the Youth Advisory Board, French Honor Society, Gay-Straight Alliance, and Harry Potter Club. I have always been fascinated by government and the ways it affects and interacts with ordinary citizens. This led me to participate in the 2012 National Peace Essay Contest for the United States Institute of Peace and won for the state of Colorado. In college, I hope to major in political science or linguistics.