 Hi, my name is Gabriella Tanao and I'm PCTI's March Student of the Month. My CTE is PCTI's Theater Program in the Performing Arts and I chose that because ever since I was young I was always very involved in music, singing, dancing, acting and I felt that PCTI offered a great program to both have an outlet for my creativity and enhance those skills. My plans for the future after high school are to attend a four year university and I want to double major in English and marketing and hopefully take those skills and my degree into a company for editing, publishing or copywriting. Ever since freshman year I've participated in the Performing Arts Club. I've been lead and supporting lead roles in the musicals. I'm also vice president of the American Sign Language Club. I take part in Thespian Honor Society, National Honor Society and World Language Honor Society and I also do Gifted and Talented Club, Class Reps and other activities. So after school I love to read and write as hobbies, spend time with friends and families but I also participate in other activities outside of school. I've been a Girl Scout, I volunteer at a local library in my town in the children's section and I also do a summer program as a camp counselor called our Quest. I also have a job. I work at the Little Gym of Wayne. I'm a gymnastics coach and a birthday party host. It feels really great to be named student of the month. It is a really prideful accomplishment that I've had and it's been a great manifestation of all the hard work that I've put in the past four years. One fun fact about me is that I actually started learning American Sign Language freshman year here at PCTI and last year I actually won an international competition for sign language. I would really love to thank my family. They've always been my support system since young especially my parents, my mom and my dad. They've been a great inspiration and always showing me that hard work and dedication pays off and they've told me that I can pursue anything that I want in the future and always telling me to keep striving.