Los Altos High School students Tessa Ameri of Los Altos and Miranda Friedman of Mountain View participated in the National Young Leaders Conference Feb. 22-27 in Washington, D.C. Tessa and Miranda were selected to attend the conference on demonstrated leadership potential and scholastic merit.

The theme of the conference was “The Leaders of Tomorrow Meeting the Leaders of Today.” Tessa and Miranda met with a variety of personnel who operate within the three branches of government, the news media and the international community.