{"id":1833,"date":"2023-05-09T14:26:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T18:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2022-2023\/?p=1833"},"modified":"2023-05-09T14:26:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T18:26:18","slug":"emily-milton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2022-2023\/2023\/05\/09\/emily-milton\/","title":{"rendered":"Emily Milton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Theogony<\/em> celebrates our School Board student representative senior editor: the activist, future political strategist Emily Milton. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Yahney-Marie Sangar\u00e9<\/p>\nEditor <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Emily Milton is eighteen years old, an editor on Theogony<\/em>, a student representative to the ACPS School Board, a volunteer, and a future Pennsylvania State University scholar. She was born on November 14 — she describes herself as \u201c100%\u201d a Scorpio — and today she drinks chamomile tea at Junction Bistro, Bar & Bakery in Del Ray. She\u2019s multi-talented, always busy, and is slowly learning to relax. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think I\u2019m passionate in general. When I\u2019m passionate about something, you know that I\u2019m passionate about it,\u201d Emily said. \u201cWhen I get on something, I am very on it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That commitment extends to Emily\u2019s interests. She\u2019s going to Pennsylvania State for political science; from speaking on Capitol Hill for eating disorder advocacy in middle school to being student representative in her junior and senior year, she briefly considered criminal justice before being pulled back to politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEmily is such an amazing friend. She\u2019s always there for me and she can make me feel better when I\u2019m down, and I\u2019m so grateful for her because she pays for my food,\u201d said sophomore James Libresco. \u201cI\u2019m so glad I know her!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily is the oldest sibling and oldest cousin. She was an only child for eight years, so she was very close to her parents. She said she was a \u201chappy kid\u201d, doing drama and dance classes for competitive dance; ballet, tap and jazz: nine classes per week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think I like to relax more than I did when I was younger, but I do like to keep busy.\u201d She said she\u2019s \u201cdefinitely not Type B\u201d at least. She wanted to be a teacher as a kid because her mother was a teacher, but her plans changed when she discovered just how much she enjoyed standing up for what she thinks is right. She had a ten-year plan starting in the fourth grade; it was during quarantine that she began to embrace flexibility and consider a change in plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing alone for that long was really helpful for me personally. It helped me grow in my mindset,\u201d Emily said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily has a long-standing family history in service and Alexandria. Besides her involvement in the Miracle League of Alexandria, a baseball team for disabled players, beginning at eight years old, she\u2019s been in the Key Club since ninth grade and is a long-standing member of Girl Up. And, of course, Emily was part of the vanguard for Titan Lunch–gone, but not forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Milton stands on the beach in a Titans sweatshirt. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Both Emily\u2019s parents went to school in Alexandria and then went to the same college in Virginia; her grandfather, Bill Rivers, is a living legend of Alexandria. She says that, alongside her parents and little brother, her grandfather is one of the most important people in her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love that man so much. He\u2019s always there for me. We go on long drives in the country together sometimes. He knows everything about me. He gives me great advice; he always understands,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Emily is still rarely free, she said that this year has taught her balance. She said she\u2019d tell her younger self to \u201cchill out.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve done all of this work, you\u2019ve been who you are, you\u2019ve been accepted into colleges, you\u2019re going to move on with your life. Of course you want to graduate, do well, but it\u2019s not the most important thing anymore, and that\u2019s okay. You don\u2019t have to be the best and it\u2019s fine,\u201d Emily said she realized about halfway through senior year. \u201cIt\u2019s okay to be average sometimes.\u201d She also says that senior year has been the happiest she\u2019s ever been: exploring new opportunities and doing things she never thought she\u2019d do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Milton sits at Junction Bistro, Bar & Bakery in Del Ray for this interview. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Something people wouldn\u2019t expect about Emily? She loves tattoos. Right now, she has a dragonfly on her arm for her grandmother that she got right after school on her eighteenth birthday. She has a Scorpio sign on her hip and spontaneously got a tattoo of a sun symbol after seeing a necklace on the beach. She said that she\u2019s going to be a \u201chuge tattoo person; they don\u2019t hurt enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of Theogony<\/em>, Emily never took Journalism I. She joined Theogony<\/em> her junior year as a staff writer after having Ms. Lawson on Zoom for Honors English 10. Lawson asked her to stay after class one day, and she was recruited to Theogony<\/em>. After writing about campus disconnect<\/a> and sports<\/a> alike in her junior year, Emily became an editor as a senior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to miss the times in the lab. As editors, in the last half of the year, we\u2019ve gotten super close,\u201d Emily said. \u201cWhen staffers come into the lab, and all of us as editors and staffers talk together, (we might not even be talking about journalism; sorry, Ms. Lawson!) We\u2019ll have good conversations and it\u2019ll be so fun.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For future editors, Emily advised connecting with staff writers–one of her main goals for becoming an editor this year. She also said communication is \u201c100% key,\u201d both with other editors and the staff advisors. And, above all, she said to not be afraid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEveryone that continues to take Theogony<\/em>, I hope that you enjoy it and benefit from it as much as I have. I wish everyone the best of luck, and I hope to connect with everyone and stay in touch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have parameters to meet and people to talk to as a school newspaper, but fight for the articles you\u2019re passionate about,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily\u2019s favorite show is Grey\u2019s Anatomy. Her favorite color is purple, although she mainly wears gray or navy blue. For years, her favorite book was When You Reach Me<\/em> by Rebecca Steed, but at the moment, it\u2019s The Great Gatsby. <\/em>And, above all, she is a Swiftie; she says that folklore<\/em> \u201cchanged her life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Milton holds up a “We are Penn State! And so am I! #PSU2027” sign, wearing a grey shirt with the Penn State logo. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Outside of Theogony<\/em>, Emily\u2019s favorite teachers at Alexandria City High School have been Ms. Hudson, her eleventh-grade AP United States History teacher, and Mr. Hendriksen, her junior-year AP Lang teacher and Writing Center advisor. She still regularly eats lunch in Ms. Hudson\u2019s room; she met two of her closest friends in APUSH and says that Ms. Hudson is \u201calways there to listen.\u201d She called Mr. Hendriksen one of \u201cthe best English teachers I\u2019ve ever had\u201d and said that, in his class, she thought, \u201cThis is what English is supposed to feel like.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJunior year was the time. Joining Theogony <\/em>during junior year also aids in my growth that I\u2019ve had, as well as AP Lang, APUSH, being student rep, all of it,\u201d said Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEmily is a delightful editor as she\u2019s both gifted at writing and such a benevolent person,\u201d said Libresco. \u201cShe\u2019s one of the kindest people I\u2019ve ever met, and that along with her writing made Theogony <\/em>such a fun experience for me and everyone else in the class.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the Spring Break day became blazing and the cars rushed by on Mount Vernon Avenue, I asked Emily the meaning of life. She took a moment to think about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going to be human, you\u2019re going to make mistakes, and you\u2019re going to need help with that, she said.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo make an impact on someone, something. Not in the way you\u2019d think with School Board, Titan Lunch. Impact on your friends. That you\u2019re there for people that need you. You\u2019re able to be there for them. You\u2019re able to change their way of thinking and get out of that hard spot. Being kind to people; holding the door open. Seemingly small things that can change someone\u2019s day. Be humans, helping other humans, every now and then.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yahney\u2019s Note<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily, your commitment is so inspiring. I will miss our times in the lab and maybe, somewhere deep inside me, even the fight for Titan Lunch. You\u2019re so smart, dedicated and incredibly well-spoken. It really won\u2019t be the same without you. Please come visit and have fun at Penn State! <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Part of the series of Theogony<\/em>‘s senior editor spotlights. To read about the rest of our graduating editors, go here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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