Class of 2009

Stephanie Yousef

Stephanie Yousef is from Champaign, IL and currently attends Parkland College graduating with an Associates Degree in Political Science in May. She intends on transferring to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the fall of 2009 working to achieve a Bachelors Degree in International Studies.

 Stephanie is very active at college, in her community, and in the local Republican Party. In college she is the President of Student Government, the President of Rotaract, a service based organization, and the Vice President of Leadership for Phi Theta Kappa, the honors society of a two-year college. Public Service is extremely important to Stephanie as reflected in her involvement with these organizations.

 She first got involved in her local Republican Party her freshman year of high school. She maintained databases at the headquarters, participated in phone banking, and many mailings. As she got older and started learning more, she took part in campaigns, and the exciting events of politics. Stephanie is now a precinct committeewoman for the Champaign Republican Party and recently announced her candidacy for the local school board.   She notes, “I have many goals that I would like to achieve and many issues that are dearest to my heart such as education. I intend to continue being active in politics.”