A graduating student at Terry Fox secondary won the Coquitlam Optimist Club’s essay contest.
Ashley Passaglia, a Grade 12 student at the Port Coquitlam school, clinched the top prize and $100 for her writing based on the theme “When All the World’s Problems are Solved, is Optimism Still Necessary.”
Her words will advance to the Pacific Northwest District level.
Second place went to Ray Zheng while Mark Dao took the third spot.
