By Colleen Flanagan, Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows News
Eva Cowley was planning to return to Maple Ridge from a Rotary youth exchange trip and finish her final year of high school.
Instead, the 18-year-old Maple Ridge secondary student found herself accepted into a prestigious program at United World Colleges – a global education movement that strives to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.
The central belief of the institution is that education can bring together young people from all backgrounds on the basis of their shared humanity to engage with the possibility of social change through courageous action, personal example and selfless leadership.