Lauren Howe is an outgoing, eighteen year old from Toronto who is currently a first year University student pursuing a Biomedical Engineering degree. She graduated from high school with 95% average and along with her diploma she received a UCAPE diploma, Global Leadership Diploma and the Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award. She is bilingual in French and English and is currently trying to expand her current knowledge of Mandarin. She is a member of the DECA U committee (geared towards business studies) and the Engineers Without Borders team at University. In her spare time, she loves to act, run, kick box and play for the Varsity Field Hockey team at University.
Passionate about volunteerism, she has previously been actively involved in volunteering with adults and children with Intellectual Disabilities as well as events to support various organizations such as the Canadian Cancer Society, Free The Children and Dignitas International. She was also a part of the team called “Help Haiti” who raised funds for Earthquake relief in Haiti after the 2010 Earthquake. In November of the same year, she won the Title of Miss Teen Ontario-World where she chose a platform to help reduce hunger and homelessness in local communities through the reuse of perfectly good food that is typically thrown in the garbage.
Lauren is extremely passionate about travelling, especially when it comes to visiting unique places of the world and the discovering the extreme diversity between lifestyles. This led her to become involved with International Service Projects. She has travelled to Peru where she helped re-build a fallen community building as a result of the aftermath of a devastating Earthquake. She has also been to Ghana to help build a high school and teach English to children. This summer, she will be travelling to Kenya for another project.
In July of 2011, she won the title of Miss Teen Canada-World. She then represented Canada at the Teen World Competition where she placed fourth runner up and won the Congeniality Award. With her current title as Miss Teen Canada-World, she wants to relay the message to kids that they should never be afraid to follow their dreams, no matter how far away they may seem. Following this, she also strongly advocates the importance of always pursuing a post-secondary education