Brooke Dippo-Foderaro, a 2013 graduate of TMI – The Episcopal School of Texas who was chosen Miss San Antonio earlier this year, received a special award presented at the Miss Texas Pageant on July 7. She was recognized as the contestant who raised the most contributions for the Children’s Miracle Network, the charity supported by the Miss America organization.

Dippo-Foderaro raised more than $3,400 to be donated to this national network of children’s hospitals, including the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio.

She is the recipient of a National Merit Scholarship from the State Farm Companies Foundation and will be a freshman at the University of San Diego in the fall, with plans to follow a pre-dental track with the goal of becoming an orthodontist.