{"id":8400,"date":"2016-08-26T16:43:13","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T20:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/?page_id=8400"},"modified":"2024-02-05T11:54:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T16:54:10","slug":"thenandnow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/thenandnow\/","title":{"rendered":"Then &#038; Now: Alumni Success Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8499\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ThenNowBanner1a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2095\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ThenNowBanner1a.png 2095w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ThenNowBanner1a-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ThenNowBanner1a-768x150.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ThenNowBanner1a-1024x200.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2095px) 100vw, 2095px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every year, thousands of AACPS students graduate from our schools, ready to take the next step to pursue their passion and reach their goals. Then &amp; Now turns the spotlight onto these alumni and asks: Where they are now? What inspired them to choose this path? And how did their experience in AACPS help them get here? Watch our <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/16\/then-now-wins-telly-award\/\">Telly Award<\/a>-winning series below and vbia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL63heeIfctOuM25MvtALyshYA9mhf7CLN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AACPS YouTube Playlist<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-pagination\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-pagination\" data-pages=\"1\"><div id=\"15746\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-15746 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-alumni_stories category-south_river_stories category-thenandnow\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Katie-Smithson-Thumbnail-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Katie-Smithson-Thumbnail-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Katie-Smithson-Thumbnail-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/07\/02\/katie_smithson\/\">Katie Wilhelm Smith, South River High School, Class of 1998<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/07\/02\/katie_smithson\/\">Katie Wilhelm Smith, South River High School, Class of 1998<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Fox45, National Geographic, and now TLC\u2014Katie has spent her career sharing stories through video and television. That passion was ignited at South River High School, where she learned the writing skills to tell a story and was given the freedom to be herself on and off camera. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-05-08T09:35:12-04:00<\/span><span>July 2nd, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/07\/02\/katie_smithson\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"11784\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-11784 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arundel_stories category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-thenandnow category-new\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/6-TN-Thumbnail-Wayne-Shipley-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/6-TN-Thumbnail-Wayne-Shipley-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/6-TN-Thumbnail-Wayne-Shipley-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/03\/13\/wayne_shipley-2\/\">Wayne Shipley, Arundel High School, Class of 1962<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/03\/13\/wayne_shipley-2\/\">Wayne Shipley, Arundel High School, Class of 1962<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Wayne\u2019s lifelong love of the performing arts began on a high school dare. But over the course of his 30+ years as an English teacher in Anne Arundel County and, later, as an independent filmmaker, Wayne has shared his passion for literature and the arts to help his students\u2014in and out of the classroom\u2014find and follow their own visions for the future.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-05-16T22:38:39-04:00<\/span><span>March 13th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/03\/13\/wayne_shipley-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"11626\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-11626 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-thenandnow\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Maggie_Leahy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Maggie Leahy, SPHS, Class of 2007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Maggie_Leahy-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Maggie_Leahy-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/12\/18\/maggie_leahy\/\">Maggie Leahy, Severna Park High School, Class of 2007<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/12\/18\/maggie_leahy\/\">Maggie Leahy, Severna Park High School, Class of 2007<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Maggie\u2019s passion for helping others sparked long before high school, but it was at Severna Park that she learned how fundraising could help make that goal a reality. From organizing SPHS\u2019 first Walk for Uganda to fundraising for a DC-based non-profit to prevent violence around the world, Maggie has spent her career using the skills she learned in school to follow her passion for helping others and do her part to make the world a better place. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-12-18T14:39:13-05:00<\/span><span>December 18th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/12\/18\/maggie_leahy\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"9269\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-9269 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-thenandnow category-new tag-school-pride\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/TN-Thumbnail-Matt-Centro-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/TN-Thumbnail-Matt-Centro-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/TN-Thumbnail-Matt-Centro-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/03\/08\/matthew_centrowitz\/\">Matthew Centrowitz, Broadneck High School, Class of 2007<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/03\/08\/matthew_centrowitz\/\">Matthew Centrowitz, Broadneck High School, Class of 2007<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Matthew started his journey to the Olympics as a Broadneck Bruin. With the support of a his coach, who fostered and encouraged Matt\u2019s natural potential while at Broadneck, Matt has been able to follow his passion as a professional athlete. Hear his incredible journey to bring home a gold medal in 2016 and break the American record and the family that was behind him every step of the way.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-12-18T11:56:54-05:00<\/span><span>March 8th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/03\/08\/matthew_centrowitz\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"9104\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-9104 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-thenandnow category-new\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/3-TN-Thumbnail-Iris-Crankfield-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Iris Crankfield standing in her classroom.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/3-TN-Thumbnail-Iris-Crankfield-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/3-TN-Thumbnail-Iris-Crankfield-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/01\/17\/iris-crankfield\/\">Iris Crankfield, Southern High School, Class of 1994<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/01\/17\/iris-crankfield\/\">Iris Crankfield, Southern High School, Class of 1994<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>After a negative experience in one of her high school classes, Iris Crankfield turned to the support of her principal and other teachers to share her ideas and help change the culture of her school.  This experience fueled a passion for writing and teaching that has allowed her to inspire a new generations of change makers. Now, as an English teacher at South River High School, Iris helps her students see that they, too, have a voice and it deserves to be heard.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-03-10T10:37:17-05:00<\/span><span>January 17th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/01\/17\/iris-crankfield\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"8550\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-8550 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-glen_burnie_stories category-alumni_stories category-thenandnow category-new\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mark-Chang-Video-Thumbnail-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mark-Chang-Video-Thumbnail-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mark-Chang-Video-Thumbnail-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/09\/30\/mark_chang\/\">Mark Chang, Glen Burnie High School, Class of 1994<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/09\/30\/mark_chang\/\">Mark Chang, Glen Burnie High School, Class of 1994<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Mark Chang always had a heart for public service. With the support and encouragement of his teachers and classmates, Mark found his niche in Glen Burnie High School\u2019s Student Government Association.  Now, as a Maryland Delegate for District 32, Mark is able to continue following his passion for giving back to the community that gave so much to him. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-02-08T16:14:17-05:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/09\/30\/mark_chang\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"8405\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-8405 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-alumni_stories category-thenandnow category-new\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Then-Now-Thumbnail-Jordan-Potter-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Then-Now-Thumbnail-Jordan-Potter-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Then-Now-Thumbnail-Jordan-Potter-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/08\/26\/jordan_potter\/\">Jordan Potter, Annapolis High School, Class of 2011<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/08\/26\/jordan_potter\/\">Jordan Potter, Annapolis High School, Class of 2011<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Jordan always knew he loved working on cars. So after two years in the Automotive Technology Program at CAT South and with the support of the AACPS Internship Program, he became an intern at Tiff\u2019s Foreign Car Care, a specialty care shop that focuses on high-end vehicles, during his senior year of high school.  Years later, Jordan is still at Tiff\u2019s, now as the Service Manger & Mechanic and still loves what he does.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-01-13T11:17:59-05:00<\/span><span>August 26th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/08\/26\/jordan_potter\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, thousands of AACPS students graduate from our schools, ready to take the next step to pursue their passion and reach their goals. 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