Kelsie Tillage (2023)
Louisiana Young Heroes
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Awards
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2023-05-26
Duration: 00:04:55
Subjects: Louisiana Young Heroes
Contributors:
- St. Cyr, Kara Host
- Tillage, Kelsie Interviewee
- Tillage, Ann Interviewee
- Tillage, Keith Interviewee
Description
This segment from the 2023 Young Heroes show features Kara St. Cyr’s profile of Kelsie Tillage, a senior at Southern University Laboratory School in Baton Rouge. Tillage had to overcome a reading delay, speech impediment, and ADHD, which motivated her to become a teen writing coach and to spearhead her school’s collection of over 1700 books for the Center of Literacy. She has also received a Gold Medal Congressional Award for her community service. St. Cyr interviews: Kelsie Tillage; Ann Tillage, her mom; and Keith Tillage, her dad.