A.C. Davis High School senior Madeline Valdez is the City of Yakima's nominee for the 2019 Association of Washington Cities (AWC) Center for Quality Communities Scholarship.  Madeline had the highest cumulative score of all the applicants that submitted scholarship applications to the City this year.

Madeline's commitment to pursuing a career in law in order to contribute to her community is admirable.  Her significant involvement in her community and her willingness to take on leadership roles in the various organizations she is part of made Madeline stand out from the rest of the applicants from our area.  Not only has Madeline demonstrated her dedication to her school community and the greater community at large, she has excelled in the classroom as a model student.

This is the third year the City of Yakima has participated in the AWC Center for Qualities Communities Scholarship process and is privileged to have an outstanding representative in Madeline representing the City in 2019.