Kiera, a junior in high school, was nominated for the National Student Leadership Conference. The National Student Leadership Conference provides an immersive pre-college experience that prepares students for life beyond middle and high school, allowing them to study in university classrooms, learn to navigate a campus, and experience living with roommates.

Kiera has wanted to be a marine biologist since she was 8 and now has the opportunity to experience what college will look like in a 9-day marine biology program at the University of British Columbia this summer.