Georgia Broughton is entering her second year at COC and her third semester as an active member of both HITE and Phi Theta Kappa. 

Georgia Broughton was given a globe for her fourth birthday, and since then, her interest in geography has only continued to grow.  This early curiosity led her to the California State Geography Bee where she was the only girl to place in the 2001 Finals.  Her attention was soon directed to Environmental Sustainability when she first learned about Dr. Jane Goodall's ground-breaking studies on chimpanzees and the dire need to protect their threatened habitats in Africa.  After reading every book authored by Goodall that she could get her hands on, Georgia actually met her hero at both a "Seeds of Simplicity" Gala and the celebration of
Goodall's 67th birthday at the Huntington Library.

In 2003, Georgia was selected to participate in The JASON Project, a program founded by Dr. Robert Ballard who discovered the mid Atlantic Ridge hydro-thermal vents as well as the remains of the Titanic.  Created with the mission of bringing the experience of professional science expeditions - real-time - to as many students as possible, the JASON Project visits a different location each year and explores the environmental significance and uniqueness of that area.  During the two-week expedition, she worked with scientists from NASA, the Channel
Islands National Park, the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum, and the entire expedition was broadcast live from the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum to over a million students worldwide.

Georgia's activities also extend to the musical realm.  She has played violin for the past ten years and currently studies with Tamara Chernyak of the Los Angles Philharmonic.  This is her fifth season in the American Youth Symphony at UCLA, which is one of only three pre-professional orchestras in the country. As a member, she has collaborated with artists such as Kent Nagano, Sir James Galway, Sarah Chang, and most recently Andre Watts. In April 2005, this orchestra was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City.  She has also appeared on Warner Brothers Television as a violin double on the TV show “Without A Trace”.  For the past two summers, she has traveled to upstate New York to participate in
the QUARTET PROGRAM, a chamber music festival directed by Charles Castleman from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester.  

She is planning to pursue a career as a concert violinist, but if that doesn't pan out, she is also looking forward to protecting World Heritage sites working for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).