Katie Shelton, a 12-year-old, 6th grader at Desert Arroyo Accelerated Middle School, was first runner up for the Junior Achievement’s Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in 2003.

Katie runs a year-round business called “Katie Kan” where she performs house-, pet- and baby-sitting tasks.

She hired her older sister Tricia as an employee and they watch cats, dogs, lizards and guinea pigs.

Katie is a regular monthly columnist for the Tatum Sun Times.