Coming into Louisiana Girls State, I was so excited to meet girls from all over the state. I knew I would be surrounded by ambitious young women, but I didn’t realize how much I could learn from them in such a short time. As we began to give speeches for our city and parish positions and the candidates stated their many qualifications, I had a major realization. Every delegate, in some way, was a leader. Whether she was a president, officer, captain, sister, or just an active member of a...