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You know the story: Harvard graduate, poised for success, becomes a doctor, lawyer, president, CEO.<\/p>\n

But here\u2019s something you don\u2019t see every day.<\/p>\n

Loren Galler Rabinowitz<\/a> \u201910, a former English concentrator just a month out of Harvard, has been crowned Miss Massachusetts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Galler Rabinowitz, a former professional figure skater<\/a>, poet (under the mentorship of Pulitzer Prize-winning Jorie Graham<\/a>), and future medical student, said she decided to enter the Miss Massachusetts<\/a> competition at the urging of Michelle Hantman, Miss Massachusetts 2000.<\/p>\n

Hantman \u201csuggested that the Miss America Organization<\/a> would be a good fit for me, given my commitment to academics and public service,\u201d recalled Galler Rabinowitz, who will head to Las Vegas in January to compete for the national title. \u201cAdditionally, the scholarship opportunities available through the program are extraordinary \u2014 particularly through the Allman Scholarship, which is specifically for students accepted at or attending medical school.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Miss America Organization is the largest provider of academic scholarships to young women in the world. As Miss Massachusetts, Galler Rabinowitz received $8,000 in scholarships, and another $250 for winning the talent portion of the competition. (She is also a classically trained pianist.) The winner of the Miss America title receives a $50,000 academic scholarship.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Miss Massachusetts, I have committed my year to charity work and public service,\u201d said Galler Rabinowitz, who as a Harvard undergrad often woke at 5 a.m. to give youth skating lessons and tutor college-bound students. \u201cIn addition to doing appearances at events across the state, I\u2019ll also be working to promote Miss America\u2019s national platform, the Children\u2019s Miracle Network<\/a>, which raises funds for the medical treatment of nearly 17 million children annually.\u201d<\/p>\n

Galler Rabinowitz, who was raised in Brookline, Mass., and in Barbados, will return to the island country where her mother runs a malnutrition center for children \u201cto promote my personal platform, fighting childhood hunger, based on the research work I have done at my mother\u2019s center.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of her time in Barbados, Galler Rabinowitz, who was awarded one of the English Department\u2019s<\/a> Le Baron Briggs Traveling Prizes for her humanitarian work and poetry, plans on furthering her writing and working at the Barbados Nutrition Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m also hoping to once again teach creative writing in a shelter for abused women and children, where I volunteered last summer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThinking big,\u201d Galler Rabinowitz said, was the most important thing she learned at Harvard.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to use my voice to effect social change,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to raising funds and awareness for children in need and talking to students across the state about what it means to be successful. To me, it\u2019s getting to do something you\u2019re passionate about every single day, and making the world around you a better place in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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