[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 14, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E219-E220]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




HONORING LaSHANNA WARD AS A DISTINGUISHED LEADER IN CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR 
                         WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

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                            HON. DARREN SOTO

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 14, 2023

  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Speaker, LaShanna Ward is a mother of one and currently 
works for the Osceola County School District as a dean secretary at St. 
Cloud Middle School. She currently assists the nurse's clinic, athletic 
department, and various other programs. She is on the ESP bargaining 
team and is the incoming vice president of ESP of her local union. She 
has also been a cafeteria monitor, a paraprofessional for special 
education students, a self-care aide, and a paraprofessional for in-
school suspension. She has worked for the summer extended day learning 
program for over 4 years. She was also in the nursing field and started 
as a CNA for about 15 years and has been a member of a volunteer EMS 
Corp for over 20 years at the Brentwood Legion Ambulance Corps in 
Brentwood, New York. She lived in Brentwood for more than 38 years.
  She attended Brentwood schools and graduated in 1998 from Brentwood 
Sonderling High School. Then she started with the Brentwood Legion 
Ambulance as an explorer of post 325 in 1996 and has been a member 
there ever since, holding various positions in EMS which she still 
holds. She has also been vice president of a group called the African 
People Association. She then worked with many other groups throughout 
the area such as Head Start and Harvest Time Ministries & Worship 
Center. She moved to Florida on November 1, 2015, and is a person who 
most of all loves the Lord and enjoys being a part of many groups in 
the church, such as the director of the music ministry, praise team, 
missionary, and children and youth ministry. She

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loves to sing, praise, dance, and help where she is needed in her 
community and employment.

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