Sep 30, 2019
Zoie Breland is a Senior at Fife High School, in Fife, Washington, where she serves as the ASB president. She started a Special Olympics Unified Sports Program during her sophomore year at Fife High School, a program that has sparked the inclusion revolution within the Fife community. Fife is now being recognized by ESPN and Special Olympics as one of their top 5 National Banner Unified Schools. Zoie has committed her school life to helping create an inclusive school culture. She was an intern with Special Olympics Washington, and will be representing Washington State in China at the Special Olympics East Asia Leadership Summit. Zoie has a 4.0 GPA, plays 3 sports at Fife, and has plans to pursue a career in the medical field.
We talk with Zoie about how she started Unified sports at FIfe, the impact that Unified sports has had, and how this amazing journey started when she was in preschool.