Ralph Serpe introduced our speaker, Miss Tiffany Seitz. 

Tiffany will represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at the forthcoming Miss America Scholarship Competition.  Tiffany is 23 years of age and a resident of Freeport, Pa. She is a graduate of Grove City College with a Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship and a minor in communications. Her social impact platform is “Adoption Advocacy – Restoring Hope, Transforming Lives.” Tiffany was tested cocaine positive and addicted at birth, and not expected to survive beyond 2 weeks. She resided in foster care before eventually being adopted, so her platform is extremely personal, driving her passion to educate the public about fostering and adoption, ultimately helping children in the system to find forever homes and keep their dreams alive.  She has 3 brothers who were fostered.  One thought that Tiffany wanted to get across is that “adoption is not an invalid way to start a family.”  Even though there are hoops to jump through and the process can be intimidating, the other side can be so rewarding for the parents and life-changing for the child.  She is looking forward to working on pushing for legislative changes in Pennsylvania in terms of adopting and fostering.  She is an inspirational speaker and fervently supports the adoption and fostering care for children.  She mentioned that she loves to speak to groups about her passion and is so grateful for the opportunity she has had to have this platform.  She wants to take every opportunity she has to educate the public in terms of adoption and foster care. 

As an aside, at the Miss Pennsylvania Scholarship Competition, Tiffany performed a Musical Theatre Jazz Dance to “Moving Lines” from SMASH. She was a preliminary award winner for Evening Wear / Social Impact.  In terms of prizes, she was awarded over $12,000 in scholarship funds and the use of a car for the year of her reign, although she has not been able to travel extensively because of the pandemic. 

Watch the entire meeting below!