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'Youth of the Year' finalists speak out

Original post made on Jan 12, 2012

Overcoming neglectful parents and breaking free of a gang were among the stories shared by high school students in a tearful and joyful evening of speechmaking at the East Palo Alto clubhouse of the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula. ==B Photo:== Nancy Orocio, a senior at Sacred Heart Preparatory School in Atherton, was named "Youth of the Year." ==I Photo courtesy of Nadine Priestley.==

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 5:55 PM

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