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Student of the Week: Suga Iopu

Clover Park High School senior has big plans to be in the FBI, but first she has to represent her school as its 2013 Daffodil Princess.

Editor’s note: Every week, Patch will use five questions to profile a local student who has accomplished something awesome, whether it be serving in a leadership role; scoring the winning touchdown or earning an Eagle Scout badge. There are some great kids in our community, and we want to celebrate them!

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This week, meet Laususuga "Suga" Iopu, 18, a senior at Clover Park. Suga was recently selected as her school's 2013 Daffodil Princess.

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1. What are some of your accomplishments that make you our Student of the Week? I was recently selected as Clover Park's Daffodil Princess, and I am also Senior class president. I am the leader of Clover Park's Pacific Islanders Club and a youth leader at Life Center South Church.

I am also a committee chair for a new Pacific Islander community group called Tautua. Our mission is to enhance the faith, education and dreams of high-school Islanders who had stereotypes hold them back from achieving their goals. This group started with 10 people and over the course of four months has grown to about 100.

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2. What are your future plans? I hope to attend either Whitworth University or the University of Washington to major in criminal justice/law and minor in religous studies. I'm a fan of the tv show "Criminal Minds" and realized that being in the FBI is something that I want to do.

3. Who is someone that you admire? My freshman teacher, Ms. (Angie) Robles, for whom I gave been a teacher's assistant the past two years. She is such a great role model and has helped me throughout my high-school career. Ms. Robles puts her heart into her students and has truly touched many of their lives – including mine.

4. In 10 years, I will be … a graduate of either Whitworth University or the University of Washington with a degree in criminal justice/law and pursuing my dream of being in the FBI.

5. One of my hidden talents is … my passion: island dancing. I have been doing Samoan and other Pacific Island dances since I was a little girl. I fell in love with my cultural dances and will never stop dancing!

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