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Every year the Coca Cola Scholars Foundation awards a select set of High School Seniors the Coca Cola Scholarship. Anna is a 2023 Coke Scholar. 

In this Podcast, Anna talks about her passion for Poetry, Beekeeping, Winning the Coca Cola Scholarship, her college search process, and his advice to high schoolers. #CokeScholars

In particular, we discuss the following with her: 

• Who is Anna Yang?
• Extracurricular Interests
• Winning the Coke Scholarship
• College Process
• Advice for High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introducing Anna Yang, Coke Scholar []
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• Who is Anna Yang? []
• High School Interests []
• Poetry []
• Poet Laureate []
• The Winning Poems []
• Is Poetry in Anna’s Future? []
• Beekeeper []
• The College Process []
• Applying for the Coke Scholarship []
• The Coke Scholarship Difference []
• College and Beyond []
• Advice to High Schoolers []

Our Guest: Anna Yang is a 2023 Coke Scholar, and a recent graduate of Notre Dame High School, San Jose, California. Anna will be a Freshman at Stanford University in Fall 2023.

Memorable Quote: “I went to coffee shops, and I like talk to the youth poets who are also involved. It felt like more, like both daunting and like, very empowering, to be speaking, like your poetry to an audience where they clap and they like, tell you, Oh, your poem was so good.” Anna Yang.

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