Daniel Peterson is a politician and consultant living in Juneau, Alaska. A former member of the Phoenix Program at Juneau-Douglas High School, he decided to continue his planned senior project even after the program was cut for funding. The project involved running a campaign for school board when he became eligible at the start of his last year of high school. Wikipedia
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