2019 Explorer of the Year Brianna Morfin.

The Fillmore Community Awards Committee & Fillmore Police Department are proud to announce Senior Explorer Brianna Morfin as the 2019 Explorer of the Year!

Briana was born in Santa Paula and moved to Fillmore at the age of 10. She is currently in high school, where she has maintained a 3.5 GPA. She plans on attending Ventura Community College after graduating. Her goal after Ventura Community College is to transfer to Cal State Los Angeles to pursue a degree in Clinical Psychology, with a minor in English.

Briana has been in the explorer program for over three years. Her drive to help the community and others helped her be promoted to Senior Explorer in the summer of 2019. She constantly strives to improve herself by attending leadership programs. One of her favorite programs was the Ronald Reagan Library Student Leadership Program, which led her to start the Creative Writing Club at her high school. Briana also attended the Thousand Oaks Youth Leadership Camp, this camp allowed her the chance to meet JROTC members from all over the state.

Briana thanks her family for their constant support. She credits the Explorer Program for the opportunity to explore a part of herself she couldn’t find without the various learning opportunities of the program.

Briana wrote, “To my Explorer Advisors, I thank you all for seeing the potential I had, when I didn’t see it myself. Your constant reassurance and support helps me overcome so many obstacles of self-doubt, you’ve built up my confidence. With all of that, I feel like I can overcome anything. To my fellow Explorers, I thank you for embracing who I am and for giving me a chance to help you all individually grow into the best person you could all be. Thank you both, advisors and explorers for walking me through this journey.”

Due to Covid19, we have, as this time, postponed the Community Awards Reception until mid-June. We will keep the public updated if this changes.