Luna Lyman ‘22 on GSA’s front lawn in spring
Senior Brings Passion for Diversity to State Student Cabinet When Luna Lyman ’22 heard last fall that applications to the Maine Department of Education Student Cabinet were being accepted, she decided to go for it. “I’m pretty impulsive with things,” Luna said. She filled out the application for the two-year appointment, which included responses to several open-ended questions, and then sent it off with “no expectation that I was actually going to be selected.”
The DOE staff members, educators, and student representatives who reviewed the application must have liked what they read, because Luna soon heard from then-Chair Casey Maddock, a student in her final year on the cabinet. “She actually called me.” The first person Luna shared her exciting news with was math teacher Martha Horne. “If it weren’t for her, I would have never even known about it,” Luna said. “I was so pleased that Luna took the initiative and applied,” Martha said. “Luna is a very caring young woman who wants to make a positive difference in the lives of others. She is a wonderful listener and observer, a deep thinker, and I think a strong voice on the DOE Student Cabinet.”
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