Elena Perez: Full-Time Student, Lifetime Activist
On Feb. 14, 2018, a school shooting occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. All across the country, high school students took a stand against gun violence. Elena Perez, 18, was one of those students. Perez was a student at Lyndhurst High School when the Parkland shooting occurred. Elsa Todd, Perez’s mother, explained what motivated her daughter to start protesting. “She was deeply impacted by Sandy Hook as a child and, as with many others, Parkland was a tipping point for he...
