Participants
Distinguished Young Women participants come from all walks of life, but they have one thing in common: the desire to succeed. Below are the Distinguished Young Women of Florida participants for the Class of 2023.
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Sara Kaufman
Broward County
City: Cooper City
College Preference: Harvard, Johns Hopkins (applying in November)
Career Goals: Biomedical Engineer & Scientific Researcher
Talent: Spoken Word (Power , by Written by Sara Kaufman)
Elizabeth Cordero
East Ft. Myers
City: Fort Myers
College Preference: Florida State University
Career Goals: Lawyer
Talent: Original Oratory (, by Elizabeth Cordero)
Peyton Owens
Milton
City: Milton
College Preference: University of West Florida
Career Goals: Pediatric Radiologist
Talent: Sing (Oceans, by Hillsong)
Autumn Sobel
Okaloosa County
City: Niceville
College Preference: UNC Chapel Hill
Career Goals: Corporate lawyer
Talent: Magic Performance
Madison Leddy
Pace
City: PACE
College Preference: Florida State University
Career Goals: BFA in Dance Performance and BS in Sports Medicine
Talent: Dance (It’s Getting Bad Again, by Ethan Jewell)
Sarah Downing
Panama City Beach
City: Panama City Bch
College Preference:
Career Goals: Commercial Dance
Talent: Lyrical Dance (Goodbye, by Mark Meismer, Choregrapher, Music by Sara Bareilles)
Autumn Pepper Rhodes
South Ft. Myers
City: Fort Myers
College Preference: Rice University
Career Goals: Commercial Pilot and Astronaut
Talent: Musical Theatre - Vocal (Mad Hatter - Wonderland, by Frank Wildhorn)
Sarah Dickey
St. John's County
City: Ponte Vedra Beach
College Preference: BFA Musical Theatre
Career Goals: Musician
Talent: Musical Theatre (Disneyland from the musical Smile, by Marvin Hamlisch)
