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Nizhoni Slowman, a senior at La Conner High School, is the Soroptimist International of La Conner January Honored Student.

She has a varied range of interests. She loves to experience the outdoors for play and to learn more about science and her environment. She is a passionate reader for pleasure and science. Her constant companion is her 19-year-old Dachshund whom she has grown up with. He is a lucky dog who gets to go everywhere in a front snuggly pack.

Nizhoni's favorite subjects are biology and chemistry, which she plans to major in at college while she studies to become a veterinari...