WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO — First Lt. Andrea Plummer, an Air Force reservist and student of the Air Force Institute of Technology civilian institution program, will compete in the Miss America pageant Sept. 22.
Plummer is the reigning Miss New York 2001.
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness is the platform Plummer chooses to support because of her mother’s diagnosis with MS.
“MS strikes down people in the prime of their lives,” Plummer said. “New York State has the second-highest instance of MS in the United States. People need to be educated about this disease.”
Plummer plans to start medical school at Albany Medical College in Albany, N.Y., with help from the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program available through AFIT. (afpn)
