{"id":50047,"date":"2015-03-04T13:46:32","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T23:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/?p=50047"},"modified":"2015-03-04T13:53:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T23:53:39","slug":"sacred-hearts-academy-megan-garcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/sacred-hearts-academy-megan-garcia\/","title":{"rendered":"Busy Is Just Fine  For SHA&#8217;s Garcia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For Sacred Hearts Academy (SHA) senior Megan Garcia, too much is never enough.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, for instance, she&#8217;s prepping for her role as Vivienne Kensington in Saint Louis School&#8217;s production of <em>Legally Blonde Jr<\/em>., rehearsing the part of Swanilda for the ballet <em>Coppelia<\/em>, and taking three kinds of dance (hula, hip-hop and jazz) at Na Maka O Pu&#x2018;uwai Aloha.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n<p>That impressive list does not include her involvement in SHA&#8217;s Living in Faith Experience Team, National Honor Society, Advanced Dance or Select Choir.<\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s no surprise that she also was third runner-up in February&#8217;s 2015 Distinguished Young Women of Hawaii Scholarship Program competition, walking away with a $1,500 cash scholarship and a $12,500 tuition scholarship from Hawaii Pacific University. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Placing was such a blessing to me because there are so many talented, intelligent and beautiful ladies who also were part of the program,&#8221; said Garcia, a Waipahu resident.<\/p>\n<p>In the competition, she participated in a 10-minute interview with judges, learned a 7-minute fitness routine and performed in both self-expression and talent categories, where Garcia choreographed a dance to <em>Dear Mr. President <\/em>by P!nk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This experience was a lot of work, but it was all worth it,&#8221; Garcia said.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s especially thankful for the scholarship money she earned, as it will help alleviate the financial burden on her parents. 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