The Marshalltown Community School District offers high school students the opportunity to serve as Student School Board Representatives. These student leaders provide valuable perspectives and share updates on events and activities at Marshalltown High School. For the 2025-26 school year, the MCSD school board will hear from three representatives.
Audrey Miller-Phifer, a Junior at Marshalltown High School, is one of the three representatives. Learn more about Audrey and her Bobcat story by reading her responses to the following Q&A:
What activities are you a part of at MHS?
FBLA, Literature over Lunch, track and field, Speech, and debate.
What is your favorite subject and why?
Art, I am a very artistic and creative person at heart. I love all mediums.
What talent would you like to learn some day?
Maybe learning an instrument.
What has been your favorite school memory so far and why?
To be honest, I don’t really have a favorite memory. My whole high school experience has been memorable.
What is an accomplishment you are proud of?
Being proficient on all the ISASP tests.
What is the best piece of advice you have received so far?
To not change myself for the validation of others, I should be free to be myself
What is your biggest dream or goal in life?
That when I’m old I will have felt fulfilled that I lived a long life and did all the things I wanted to do.
Who is your hero and why?
My mom, she has been the biggest form of encouragement that I’ve had in my life whatever I choose to do whether it’s sports or art she’s always there for me.
What are your plans for after high school?
Go to college to study psychiatry.
What does it mean to you to embrace the lead?
To me embracing the lead means a lot of things. It means to stand up for others and yourself to not be afraid to speak up and let other hear your voice and opinions.