2025 SESSION

ENROLLED

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 428

Commending Susy Reyes.

Agreed to by the Senate, February 19, 2025

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 20, 2025

WHEREAS, Susy Reyes, a student at Herndon High School, was presented a Student Peace Award of Fairfax County in 2024; and

WHEREAS, the Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County were established in 2006 to annually recognize one junior, one senior, or a student group at each public high school in Fairfax County who has worked to promote peace in their community; and

WHEREAS, Susy Reyes has been recognized for her accomplishments as a student leader and for her ability to resolve contentious situations and conflicts among her peers; and

WHEREAS, Susy Reyes has kindly supported younger students by providing them informal mentoring and encouragement, fostering their success and well-being; and

WHEREAS, in addition to school, Susy Reyes serves as an information technology intern at the Smithsonian Institution, works as a barista at Starbucks, and assists on her family's farm; and

WHEREAS, with extraordinary selflessness and dedication to the well-being of others, Susy Reyes has made a positive and lasting impact on countless lives; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Susy Reyes for receiving a 2024 Student Peace Award of Fairfax County; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Susy Reyes as an expression of the General Assembly's high regard for her contributions to Fairfax County and the Commonwealth.