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Photo by Steve Collins of Sun Journal
Three years ago, a couple of rising sophomores at Lewiston High School got an unexpected opportunity.
Jenna Burton and Julia Chabot were tapped as part of an inaugural group of 49 young women at seven Androscoggin County high schools to become part of a new initiative by former U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe.
Snowe said her mission was take in “extraordinary young women” such as Burton and Chabot and, with the help of mentors and programs, boost their confidence and their aspirations.
Chabot told the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce on Thursday that she figured at the time she joined the Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute it would be “something small” that might be interesting.
It proved instead, she said, to be life-changing.
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