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Wichita Falls student selected to represent Texas at Girls Nation in Washington D.C.

Markeshia Jackson, KXAN | Published on 7/8/2021
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — For 17-year-old Tina Majdinasab, some of her duties include being president of the Wichita County Junior Bar Association and serving as a teen court attorney, but even those roles couldn’t compare to what was to come next.

“I was over the moon like you have no idea. So, it was online so the whole thing was on a zoom webinar and then they announced my name, I jumped out of my seat, I went and screamed at my family, ‘I’m going to Washington D.C.,'” Majdinasab said.

The rising Rider High School Senior was selected out of 600 girls in this year’s Texas Bluebonnet Girls State to be one of the two girls to represent Texas at Girls Nation in Washington D.C.

“So we’re called senators and they are kind of making it into a senate session to teach us more about the federal government,” Majdinasab said.

Her colleagues across town at the Wichita Falls League of Women Voters say it’s no shock to them to see Tina represent Texas nationally.

“She is the first person who has joined at 16 and so just her interest in politics for someone who is that young and to see how active she is,” League of Women Voters Wichita Falls President Kaye Holland said.

That interest in politics comes from her wanting to make an impact in her community.

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