My name is Kai Benton. I am a rising senior from LASA High School in Austin, Texas and I am running to be your 2025-2026 NJCL Parliamentarian. Up to this point, I've had a truly exceptional experience in the JCL, but I wanted to take my journey one step further, giving back my best to an organization I have already reaped so much from.
My JCL journey has primarily centered around one major activity (sans parliamentarian-ing): competitive certamen! I am the LASA advanced team captain/certamen coach and have competed locally, and on the state and national levels. What I really love about certamen is not just the competition or people, though those certainly are great, but the immense perspective and knowledge of the classical world you can build up.
I have several non-Latin related interests, including playing board games (especially with my brother!), rock-climbing, and playing the guitar. I also love to read and regularly volunteer as a reader in my local church.