Maya Kaisth, 11, was accepted into the People to People World Leadership Forum and will join a select group of students in Washington, D.C., in early April. A sixth grade student at Grover Middle School, she will earn high school credit while studying leadership and exploring some of the United States’ most prominent monuments and institutions.##M:[more]##
She was nominated based on scholastic merit, civic involvement, and leadership potential. Forum delegates participate in small-group discussions and exercises to experience first-hand how leaders develop strategies, make decisions, build consensus, and foster change. President Dwight D. Eisenhower founded the People to People Student Ambassador Programs to foster world citizenship in 1956.
Maya is the daughter of Ajay and Daniela Kaisth of West Windsor. She has a brother, Marco, who is almost 9. For information about the program visit www.wlfleaders.org.
