Newton Teen Awarded at Harvard Model UN Conference

NEWTON, MA – A junior at Newton Country Day School became the school's first student to win a major Model United Nations award. Catherine Brown was one of 19 members of Newton Country Day's Model UN committee to serve as delegates at the Harvard Model United Nations Conference last month.

The four-day conference brought together 3,300 student delegates from high schools around the world, and tasked students with solving complex global issues. Brown, a Waban resident, received an honorable mention award for the World Conference on Women, becoming the first delegate from Newton Country Day to win an award on a large General Assembly committee.

Representing Japan, Brown finished third on her committee of approximately 200 student delegates.

"My first time at Harvard Model UN was one of the most incredible experiences I have ever
had," Brown said in a statement. "My main task was to ask every delegate what they were thinking. Every
voice was different, and I was in charge of making sure it was heard throughout our paper. I told
everyone that their ideas mattered, and that some of the smallest countries can have the biggest
voices."

Photo submitted by Newton Country Day School