APPLETON — Kristen Halfmann has always considered herself to be an outgoing and overall confident person — even as a freshman in high school.
But if anyone would've asked her then if Halfmann thought of herself as a leader, she would've answered emphatically "no."
That all changed after Halfmann attended her first Teen Symposium, an annual event sponsored by United Way Fox Cities and the YMCA Fox Cities that aims to help kids build, develop and reinforce leadership skills — while managing the stress of balancing academics, extracurricular activities and personal wellness.