Tia Holmes, 13
Cary, North Carolina
Affiliation: Girl Scouts & The Carrying Place

Tia Holmes is 13 and an eighth grader at Martin Middle School in Raleigh, North Carolina.

At school, she has been a member of the student council, Peer Mediators, National Junior Honor Society, Odyssey of the Mind and has performed in two musical productions.  In her community, she is Vice President of Girl Scout Troop 1323 and volunteers with homeless families at the Carying Place.  She was a participant at the National Youth Inclusion Summit in DC in February, and she currently moderates the Summit's group webpage.  She also will be joining the board of the Inclusion Initiative for the Pines of Carolina Girl Scout Council this fall.

In her limited spare time, Tia enjoys hanging with her best friends, playing Super Mario Brothers on the Wii, listening to her Ipod, doing origami and occasionally vegging out in front of the television eating sweet chili Doritos.