“What impressed me most about your achievement was learning that only 1,900 works of art and writing selected from a pool of 230,000 submissions earned a National medal, including yours. Your passion and continued efforts towards improving your writing skills is an inspiration to any writer or artist. Writing is an incredibly demanding and complex activity that is often overlooked in today’s technologically-advanced world, but your strong work ethic and wholeheartedness are traits that everyone should strive to emulate.”