Blog Assignment #25/Sarah Palin

     Sarah Louise Palin was born in February 11, 1964.  She is an American politican, author, speaker, and political news commentator. She was the youngest person and the first woman elected as governor of Alaska! Well, lets start from the beginning. We will start with where she was born and from there to her education. 

    

     Sarah was born in Sandpoint, Idaho. She and her family moved to Skagway, Alaska when she was only a few months old. Then they moved to Eagle River when she was about 5, soon after that they finally moved to Wasilla when she was 8. She participated in many activities like cross country running teams, basketball, head of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and point guard of the basketball team that won the 1982 Alaska state championship. She became known as "Sarah Barracuda" for her competitive streak.

     After Sarah graduated from high school, she enrolled at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. After she arrived in Hawaii, she switched to Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu. She transferred to North Idaho College ( a community college in Coeur d'Alene) for the spring and fall semesters. Sarah was on a roll. She won the Miss Wasilla beauty  pageant. She finished third in the Miss Alaska pageant, playing flute in the talent portion of the contest, and receiving both the Miss Congeniality award and a college scholarship.

     In 2002, Sarah ran for the republican nomination for lieutenant governor coming in second. In 2003