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Age: 18
Family: Parents, David and Wendy; two siblings
Education: Senior at Omaha Westside High School
Also: Goldberg will soon serve on the leadership board of the North American Federation of Temple Youth. Goldberg was elected social action vice president at a recent meeting in Bruceville-Eddy, Texas.
Molly Goldberg is passionate about public health, the environment and her religious youth movement.
The senior at Omaha Westside High School recently was elected to the leadership board of the North American Federation of Temple Youth, a Reform Jewish movement that offers numerous opportunities for high school students.
The federation consists of 19 regions in the United States and Canada and has a membership of more than 10,000 students.
At an assembly last month, Goldberg was elected social action vice president, a one-year term on the five-member national board. She spoke in front of a large crowd, wrote a letter that outlined her platforms and goals and participated in various candidate forums.
“I put a lot of work into it,” said Goldberg, who attends Omaha's Temple Israel, “so I was pleased.”
Since her freshman year, Goldberg has been active with the federation in a variety of roles.
She also co-wrote one of the federation's action themes, or goals, for the coming year. The paper deals with the study between overconsumption and its influence on the environment.
Through her federation work she has traveled across the United States and to Canada. She enjoys participating and meeting students.
“There is such a passion and devotion to humanitarian aid,” she said.
In her newly elected position, which will begin this summer, Goldberg will help coordinate advocacy campaigns for the environment, raise funds for charities and more.
When she isn't working with the federation, she's busy earning straight A's, singing with the school choir or volunteering with various organizations.
She plans to attend college and wants to study public health, which focuses on prevention rather than cures.
Last school year, she was an intern at the immunology lab at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
She worked locally on Barack Obama's presidential campaign and Sen. Ben Nelson's 2006 senatorial run.
She also has won numerous awards, volunteers at Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute, is a counselor at a summer camp for kids with cancer, and once a week baby-sits three young children.
“I love working with kids,” she said. “It's fun running around with them and making silly kid jokes.”
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