Chapel Hill senior earns prestigious scholarship

The Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN) had its first attendant from Titus County, as

Jessie Parchman, a Chapel Hill High senior, presidential honor student and a dual credit student from Northeast Texas Community College, earned a scholarship to attend this seminar.

The Public Leadership Education Network is the only national, nonpartisan organization that focuses on preparing college women for leadership within the public policy field. The network brings hundreds of college students from across the country to Washington D.C. They experience firsthand how public policy is shaped and implemented at the national level. The seminar prepares them to become the next generation of public policymakers.

The weeklong virtual seminar over Public Policy, allowed Jessie to meet and learn from female leaders influencing public policy at the highest level in Congress, courts, federal agencies, the private sector, policy researchers, and advocacy organizations.

Her impressive résumé and application won her a scholarship to attend this seminar through the Texas Women’s University - Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy. Only two days after her 18th birthday, she was the youngest to win the scholarship.

Parchman stated that “It was an honor to attend this life-changing seminar. I have met women from the White House, Capitol Hill, leading nonprofit organizations, etc. As someone who speaks out and will hopefully create a nonprofit to reduce human trafficking and modern-day slavery rates, I feel more equipped and prepared in a networking sense to battle this issue.”