Rafael Bitanga outside the KMXT studios. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A national leadership group for youth just elected a Kodiak local as vice president of development. The nonprofit, Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, or FCCLA, gives its members the chance to start projects locally and then compete nationally and statewide to demonstrate their accomplishments. …
Read More »Teen business owner wins award for running crepe stand
Rafael Bitanga in his home, where he teaches students how to make crepes. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A Kodiak high schooler just won a 2018 Spirit of Youth award for running his own crepe stand. Seventeen-year-old Rafael Bitanga is the owner of the Crepe Escape and teaches students to work the stand at events like Kodiak’s …
Read More »