Skylar Odin of Miami Springs was awarded ESA-FL’s first place in the Youth Scholarship Program. Odin’s father is Chief of Hialeah Fire Headquarters and her “guardian angel,” as she wrote in her essay.
Odin is a student at Miami Dade College and at the High School for Advanced Studies. She is a lifeguard and water safety instructor and in a medical internship with Dr. Paul Sudack. Her leadership extended to school clubs, where she served as editor of the digital newspaper and editor-in-chief of the yearbook.