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Early College Students Make a Great IMPACT in the Community
03/23/2022

Abrianna Mullin poses holding giant check with sponsors

By: Kristyn Cathey, Director of Communications

 

Impact Early College High School students have a lot on their plates. Many of them are balancing academic, social and work lives; all the while earning a college degree before they cross the stage as high school graduates. But aside from that, they also give back to their community in a multitude of ways.

 

Impact students take part in a bi-weekly monthly food bank program for citizens of Baytown and Highlands. The student-led initiative is in partnership with the Houston Food Bank. Campus ambassadors run the program from start to finish. From setting up tables, maintaining the inventory, packing boxes and distributing them to needy individuals-they do it all.

 

Abrianna Mullin is one of many Impact students that is making a difference in and out the classroom. The senior was given a surprise of a lifetime from KPRC Channel 2 News in Houston. Mullin was nominated by her principal, Laura Reyes, for an award from the tv station. Mariah Gardner, Executive Producer, Planning and Special Events and a representative from the award’s sponsor, American Furniture, surprised Abrianna on campus on March 15th.

 

Aside from participating with the food bank, she also participates in several campus clubs, including the Pride Club, Spanish Club, Student Council, and Environmental Club. She went to State Competition as a as a member of the Youth and Government Club as well as a part of the UNICEF committee. She is a member of the district’s PR Squad, is a campus ambassador and sits on the City of Baytown Youth Advisory Commission. She has earned over 62 service hours and is still earning more.

 

Abrianna’s principal can’t stop singing her praises.

 

“Abrianna has accomplished so much in her time at IMPACT and has done it quietly; not drawing attention to herself, and has done all of this while maintaining her academics to graduate as a top student at IMPACT and Lee College,” Laura Reyes said. “Challenges she faced in her personal life as a young teenager didn't bring her down, but instead inspired her to pursue career as a human rights lawyer that protects the rights of prisoners and immigrants. She has worked hard academically, given of her personal time, and displayed true altruism.”

 

Mullin has been accepted to the prestigious Yale University and will attend in the fall on a full scholarship.