Kylie Lan Tumiatti

High School Graduation Year: 2014
Year First Awarded the Carson Scholarship, School: 2013, Melbourne High School
Sponsored by: Mr. Robert DeMarco

Kylie Lan has received several prestigious awards including Nestle’s Very Best in Youth Award, Nickelodeon’s HALO Award and was named one of ESPN’s “18 Under 18,” which highlights “female teen athletes who are doing remarkable things on the field, in the classroom and in their communities,” stated by ESPN. As an adopted child, Kylie Lan hopes to instill confidence and courage to stand up to bullying to other adopted children. She works with Operation Hope, a nonprofit organization that promotes literacy to migrant worker children. Kylie Lan attends Seton Hall University, where she coordinates different programs serving the community as a member of the Division of Volunteer Efforts (DOVE).

Kylie Lan has and continues to persevere through seemingly insurmountable odds and has adopted the camel as her spirit animal.