Senator Derrick T. Simmons visited with Alanis Takira Johnson, National American Miss Mississippi Junior Teen, a student of Germantown High School in Madison,  after she was honored on Thursday, January 21, 2016, with presentation of Senate Concurrent Resolution 529, by the senate.

Alanis, who maintains a 4.0 grade average, has received the prestigious Science Bowl Award, enjoys math and science and plans to attend Harvard University to pursue a career as a neurosurgeon.

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