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January 30, 2013 Special Issues » Citizen Awards

The YES team: Lobbying for a school health center

by Billy Ball @billy_k_ball

An industrial-power vacuum in the hallway sucks the quiet out of the conference room, but Jhana Parikh—a jaunty 16-year-old with no apparent need for adolescent awkwardness—shouts over it. Her teammates, equally precocious 15-year-old Hannah Klaus and 17-year-old Dynasty Winters, laugh. They're seated…

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