LCMR Student Competing for National Award

She said her father’s accomplishments and how they affected her in a positive way is something she tried to express in her essay, to show people who did not grow up in the family of a combat veteran another point of view.

“It’s a very personal experience,” she said.

Saltzman said her parents’ lives tell “a very vivid story.” In her winning essay she wrote:

“I picture a…