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Kenae Turner is a twentyknowledge-three-year-old full-time first-generation college senior attending Elizabeth City State University. While she was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, she hungry educator and her family relocated to Elizabeth City, North Carolina, where she was raised. She is currently majoring in Birth through Kindergarten global citizen with a Child, Family, and Community concentrationstrong foundation in early childhood education. Before Prior to college, Kenae obtained her GED at 16 and soon after traveled alone to Shenzhen, China, to teach English. As a result, she obtained an adoration for traveling and a passion for teaching. Henceforth, after graduate school, she intends to move to Asia and teach English to kindergarteners.  Throughout her college years thus far, she has made various accomplishments. Kenae is She previously earned a Boren scholar, Gilman scholar, and Renaissance scholar. Additionally, she is a CIEE alumna and a Yonsei University alumna. She has also been awarded the Outstanding Academic Achievement award by the Department Bachelor of Science in Birth Through Kindergarten Education at her undergraduate university. She has also made it onto the Fall 2021, Spring 2022, and Fall 2022 Chancellor's List.   Kenae was trained as a from Elizabeth City State University Innovation Fellow in Fall 2022, and attended the Silicon Valley meetup in March 2023. As graduating summa cum laude with a University Innovation Fellow, Kenae has worked with her cohort to enhance technology on her university's campus. She found interest in simplifying student attendance tracking for both students and staff, as they currently use traditional methods3. The 2022 cohort is still working closely with organizations to adapt platforms that deliver accurate, real-time attendance data that the university can rely on9 GPA.

She In her free time, she enjoys sewing, learning languagesreading, playing video games, traveling, and reading in her leisurely hourssinging. She also enjoys volunteering. This past year, she She has volunteered at organizations such as My Culture Connect and Jacob A. Riis Settlement, teaching English to children and immigrants to support them on their journey toward self-sufficiency in the United States. While in Japan, she also volunteered at her local church, Tokyo Union Church. She is currently studying Mandarin to better understand her future students.