Etowah HS senior Kaylie Cofield recently traveled to Dallas, TX to compete at the HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) Future Health Professionals 41st Annual International Leadership Conference. 

Kaylie qualified for the competition by placing first with her classmates in the Outstanding HOSA Chapter competition at the State Leadership Conference the first time a CCSD school advanced to this level.

The project, which Kaylie submitted at the State event, went on to win a Recognition Award at the International level as well. She is serving as president for the schools HOSA chapter this year, for which teacher Megan King acts as advisor.

More than 10,000 students attended the International Leadership Conference, which included competitions and an expo at which students could learn about healthcare college programs and related scholarships and employers in the profession. Guest speakers included Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams M.D., M.P.H., Surgeon General of the United States.