Sponsor:
Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario
Canada

Age, Grade:
14, Seventh Grade

School:
Home School, Rockland, Ontario

Profile:

Veronica is a leading air cadet for the 832 Ottawa Twillick Air Cadet Squadron and often participates in parades, gliding and similar activities with the group. She is an avid newspaper reader and enjoys her job of delivering them once a week. In her free time, Veronica enjoys outdoor activities—gardening, swimming, camping, bike riding and geocaching. She also likes to shop and bake. Veronica has earned three Earth Day awards—two bronze and one silver—and has won a Jelly Bean guessing contest twice. Veronica participated in the 2008 and 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bees.