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Brooke Benton

Age: 16
School: Walt Whitman High School
Position: Forward/Midfield

In Her Own Words

Her Story

Brooke has traveled to Africa before with her father Bruce, a World Bank employee who took his family to Ghana. An original member of the six-year-old Blast team, she has volunteered locally at a hospital and a fire station.

June 26: "I'm sure I'll be more appreciative of what I have when I come back."

 

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