?As a Latin female, my culture has endowed me with a caring, nurturing attitude towards family and children in particular,? says Lara Marisa Bueso, the 2003 National Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards winner for Journalism, sponsored by NBC/Telemundo.  Of Cuban and Honduran descent, Lara graduated fourth in her highly competitive class at Coral Reef Senior High School in Miami, with a perfect GPA, while pursuing the rigorous and world renowned International Baccalaureate program.  She will attend Florida?s Rollins College in the fall where she will major in political science and journalism.  Eventually she would like to combine law and broadcast journalism, using the medium of television to make a significant impact on people?s lives.  One of Lara?s most meaningful experiences was a trip to the Dominican Republic in the summer of 2002.  She was writing an article about poverty in Latin America and helped build a medical clinic and aqueduct in a remote village.  There she met her role model, a six-year old named Jos?, who came from a very poor family and had not eaten in a few days, but maintained a positive outlook on life.  Lara said Jos? was happier than any American she has ever met, and he reinforced for her the importance of family over material things.   Throughout high school Lara was editor in chief of the school?s award winning yearbook; on the varsity softball team; the captain of a nationally award winning cheerleading squad; and a U.S. representative to the International Society of Human Values Conference in Geneva.  Lara also set up her own non-profit company, 4 My Students, Inc, which solicits supplies from large companies and then distributes them to public elementary schools throughout the area.  So far, ten Miami area schools have benefited from the program.  Through her schooling and career in broadcast journalism, she hopes to help ?stop the injustices perpetrated against children.?