Paulina Garcia Hernandez, a sixth-grader at Culbreth Middle School, took the top prize of $100 in the Third Annual Horace Williams Memorial Cupcake Festival held on Aug. 20.
Hernandez defeated 29 other contestants, including professional bakers, with her “Cuckoo Coconut†cupcakes. Hernandez baked the cupcakes with Diane Leusky, a mentor from the Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate Program.