Lori Lizarraga
2011 Recipient: $10,000 Scholarship
Congratulations to Lori Lizarraga, recipient of a $10,000 Moral Courage Scholarship, awarded April 2011 in Waxahachie, Texas.
School: Waxahachie High School, Class of 2011
Church: The Oaks Fellowship
Church Involvement
- Seven Youth Ministries Fine Arts participant
- Assemblies of God district and national Fine Arts competitor
- "Twelve" youth leadership team
- Youth retreats
- Summer church camp
Community Service
- "Engineering in Elementary Schools" leader
- "Daddy's Girls" mentor to junior high girls
- "Born for This" dance scholarship for underprivileged boys and girls
- Waxahachie Boys and Girls Club
Academic Involvement
- Competitive dance
- Theatre and competitive acting
- Musical Theatre (2 lead roles, choreographer)
- One Act Play (lead role)
- National Honor Society
- Spanish I-IV Honor Society
- Student Council
- Cultura Club
- Friends of Rachel
- Youth Alive
- Interact Club
- Drama Club
- Technology Student Association
- Future Christian Athletes
- Writers Society
- Varsity Cheer Squad
- School mascot
- A/B Honor Student
Future Plans
- Attend Southern Methodist University, Vanderbilt University, or Columbia University
- Obtain a Master's Degree in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- Obtain a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Dance
"Moral courage is living a life that I will not be ashamed of when God looks through its pages. Living morally is being able to give my cell phone to anybody without fearing what they may find in my inbox. A moral life heeds the commandments laid down in the Bible. A moral person feels unrest in their spirit when they have committed an act of sin towards their brother in Christ. Moral character questions not why God instructs us to be pure men and women of God until marriage, but prays for strength to do so."
