Miss Black Alaska USA 2008
Schanel M. Pollard
Age: 21
School: University of Anchorage Alaska
Major: Business
Talent: Singing
Platform: Abstinence and STD Awareness
Achievements: Graduated with an AA from Brooks College ’06 in Long Beach , Ca. Member of the Alpha Beta Gamma Honor Society, on the National Deans List ’06. Member of the NAACP, Volunteer for the Governors picnic, Sang for Martin Luther King III for the NAACP’s 50th Anniversary, Member of the Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Choir, member of ACT-SO (Academic, Cultural, Technological, & Scientific Olympics) program, was a recipient of the Camp $tart Up Scholarship Summer Program at Rutgers University, was awarded Spirit of youth Volunteer for over 100 hours of service in the community throughout the year, has been a faithful volunteer for the Juneteenth Program, Saturday Market, Brother Francis Shelter, Alaska State Fair, Kids Day, an various churches in my community, apart of the Upward Bound/ ETS (Educational Talent Search) programs which encouraged me to strive for more out of life in getting an education, was apart of the Wildcat Christian Allstars ( cheerleading dance group), Volunteered at the Providence Children’s Hospital, was Rip The Runway Model, and Alaska’s Next Top Model Competitor