<body><div>The Estes Park Trail-Gazette staff would like to congratulate Estes Park High School senior Zaqia Brown on being named Bank of Estes Park’s Student of the Week.Do you participate in clubs (even outside of school)? Are you in sports? Are you in band? What is your favorite class?<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2rxBLZ_0vkVGCGj00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2rxBLZ_0vkVGCGj00" width="620" height="1102" ><figcaption>Zaqia Brown (Zaqia Brown – Courtesy photo)</figcaption></figure>I’m in Concert Choir and Major 13. My favorite class is sustainability, and my independent study where I help at the elementary school monitoring lunch for 1st and 2nd graders.What do you like to do for fun outside of school?I like to go to ride my longboard. I like to take pictures of the sky I like to cook and bake. I also like designing future tattoo ideas.What is a place you like to visit? or Where is somewhere you would really like to go and why?A place I’d like to visit is Italy. I’d wanna visit there, because I’d like to see the way things are done there, and it’s really pretty.What is your favorite uplifting quote, and why is it your favorite quote?“Keep your head up and continue pushing forwards.”What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received or what piece of advice would you give?A piece of advice I still carry with me is, “The more you focus on what others think of you, the more you lose yourself.”What have you achieved in school that you are proud of? Have you achieved anything outside of school that you are proud of?Inside of school, something I’ve achieved is making new friends.What do you plan to do after High School? Army, Navy, Airforce, Marine corps, or coast guard? Where are you going to go to college? Anything fun you plan on doing after you graduate?I’ve changed my path from last year and plan on going to culinary school after graduation to pursue baking/cooking.Tell us anything else about yourself: Do you have any hobbies? What do you do for fun? Do you have siblings? Do you have a job, if so where do you work?I have two siblings, making me the middle child. I work at Starbucks. I enjoy sending time with my mom and my girlfriend. I have a pet cat and a snake.</div></body>

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Student of the Week: Zaqia Brown

The Estes Park Trail-Gazette staff would like to congratulate Estes Park High School senior Zaqia Brown on being named Bank of Estes Park’s Student of the Week. Do you participate in clubs (even outside of school)? Are you in sports? Are you in band? What is your favorite class?