Congratulations to OLLV Alumni Vanessa Aponte-Nevada State Champion Poetry Out Loud

Vanessa Aponte, is the 2019 Nevada State champion of Poetry Out Loud. The 14th annual statewide competition for high school students started in the fall with more than 3,500 participants and narrowed to nine regional finalists for the championships. The state championships consisted of three rounds with each poet reciting two poems and then the top three reciting a third poem for the final round. Aponte’s three poems were “The Enigma” by Anne Stevenson, “The Lost Land” by Eavan Boland and “Often rebuked, yet always back returning,” by Emile Bronte. Aponte, an honors student who plans to attend UNLV and major in psychology and criminal justice before going on to law school, said winning the statewide competition was a dream. Congratulations Vanessa!