Taylor Nelson

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Taylor Marie Nelson is a very ambitious, goal orientated 16 year old young lady with a strong Christian background who resides in Sacramento, Ca. She is the oldest child of her proud parents Leonard and Schaundra Nelson, A big sister and friend to her two little brothers Leonard and Caleb.

Taylor was born and raised in Sacramento, Ca where she was crowned Miss Black Teen Sacramento back in May of this year. Although her reign was short since winning the crown of Miss Teen Black Sacramento Taylor has managed to use her title to encourage and build self esteem to several young girls her age and younger by being a role model and mentor to them. She has spoken at many civic and community organizations and has been featured in many city and state events such as the California State Fair Parade and the Veterans Day Parade. Taylor was also selected to be the only teen on the panel to represent young women at the Professional Women's Conference where she answered questions from a teenager’s perspective.

Being a well rounded teenager comes easy to Taylor as she has many interest and hobbies. She loves to shop, hang out with her friends and travel to many different and exciting new places like Mexico, Jamaica and soon to travel to London, Spain and Costa Rica . Her favorite interest is dance as

she has studied all genres of it tap, ballet ,hip hop,West African and lyrical since the age of 5 years old winning several awards in all these areas of dance. She has also performed dance at the Governors Inauguration and March of Dimes.

Miss Nelson is currently an active junior at Sacramento Charter High School and loves being involved in many campus activities such as Varsity Cheerleading, School Senator and Vice President of the All Around the World club just to name a few.

Taylor has truly made a difference in her school and community by starting a recycling program at her school and teaching others the importance of recycling and what it means to their future as teens. She is also doing several community service projects above and beyond what is required to graduate and continues to help others whenever she sees a need including at her church Bayside of South Sacramento where she works actively with the youth. She keeps a very busy extracurricular schedule while maintaining a 3.0 GPA and taking AP classes at the same time. Taylor is a natural born leader at Sacramento Charter High School she is often looked up to and respected by her peers and teachers.

After graduation from high school Taylor hopes her hard work will have paid off and she will be accepted into one of her choice schools in southern California which are UCLA or University of California San Diego where she will pursue a degree in Forensic Science with a minor in dance and hopefully one day to perform in a Broadway production.

As Miss Black California Talented Teen, Taylor Nelson has a lot of fun and interesting endeavors to look forward to while also making an impact to her city, her state and her country as she stays focused and determined to address key issues such as teen pregnancy, HIV awareness and teens going green.

Taylor knows GOD has blessed her with a very supportive family, great friends and most of all the title of Miss Black Teen California. She will use this as another positive stepping stone in her personal, academic and spiritual life to continue to be a role model and mentor to all teens especially African American girls and boys by motivating them, that with hard work comes many achievements .

TAYLOR NELSON