Nina Batista is a senior at McMinn Central High School. She has been playing violin for 6 years and has been in the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra for 5 years. She has also been in her high school’s marching band for 5 years, having started in 8th grade, active in both Color guard and as a percussionist. She will be attending University of Tennessee Chattanooga in the fall to study Public and Professional Writing as well as Modern and Classical Languages and Literature.