(l-r) 2019 Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley Youth of the Year Juliana Linares and BGCSCV CEO Jan Marholin.

Submitted by Jenae Quintana

The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley is excited to announce our 2019 Youth of the Year, Julieanna Linares. Linares, representing the Piru clubhouse, competed against four participants from the Fillmore and Santa Paula clubhouses in the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley’s inaugural Youth of the Year competition. The competition included an interview and speech in front of a panel of local judges comprised of local community members.

Linares, 15, has been a Boys & Girls Club member for seven years and is a sophomore at Fillmore High School. She is a member of her school’s cheerleading team, loves her family and friends and enjoys making others smile. Linares will now be moving onto the Boys & Girls Club regional Youth of the Year competition in the spring. Congratulations Julieanna!