Chelsea D. Kendrick, of Plant City, graduated with a bachelor’s of social work from University of West Florida in a commencement ceremony May 2.
While at the UWF, her activities included dean’s list for two semesters, Student Government Association, Common Ground, Voyages Leadership, Children’s Home Society volunteer and Junior Achievement volunteer.
Kendrick is completing her internship with Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. She is planning to travel with UWF social work students to Guatemala to engage in service and learning with Hearts in Motion, an Indiana–based NGO that has been providing a variety of humanitarian services to needy Central and South Americans for three decades.
A 2011 honor graduate of Tampa Bay Technical High School, Chelsea is the daughter of Jesse and Tonja Johnson, and Willie and Stephanie Kendrick.