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Lexington teen gets national award for leadership

Posted at 2:36 PM, Jul 06, 2021
and last updated 2021-07-06 14:36:45-04

A Lexington teen has won a national award for exceptional leadership and efforts to make the world better. Emanuelle Sippy is one of 15 students chosen by the Helen Diller Family Foundation to receive $36,000 to further her initiative and education. Sippy was honored for her work with the Coping with COVID-19 Student-to-Student Study. You can read about her work at https://www.kystudentvoiceteam.org/coping-with-covid. The Henry Clay High School graduate will attend Princeton University this fall.