Sometime in 2012, Jacqueline Ward came across a TV show which set her on course for a future of service. A seventh-grader living in Monroe at the time, Ward decided it was the right path for her.
“I always knew I wanted to serve in some way,” said the Southern Regional senior, scheduled to graduate on Friday, June 14, alongside some 500 classmates. “But when I was 12, I saw a TV show called ‘Coast Guard Florida’ and that what’s did it for me.
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