Isiah Aguilar will join more than 150 Texas teens on Youth Tour, June 15-22, 2025.
Central Texas Electric Cooperative is excited to announce that Isiah Aguilar from Llano High School will
represent the cooperative in June on this unforgettable trip to Washington, D.C.
Aguilar was selected from among a pool of talented applicants who entered CTECs contest. His prize is a
place on the 2025 trip to the nation’s capital, where he will join more than 150 other Texas teens to
explore monuments and museums, meet with elected officials, and forge lasting memories and lifelong
friendships.
Youth Tour has been a Texas co-op tradition since 1965, when the state’s electric cooperatives banded
together to send 58 deserving high school students on this unforgettable trip. Educating and mentoring
young people fit in with co-ops’ mission to empower and enrich the communities they serve. Since the
program’s inception, more than 4,700 Texans have taken part in Youth Tour, and nearly as many look
back on it as the trip of a lifetime.
This year Aguilar will begin his adventure in Austin, where winners from across the state will meet one
another and begin forging bonds before boarding a flight to Washington. Once there the itinerary is jam-
packed with sightseeing and meaningful events, including a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier and appointments with congressional representatives.
After his week in Washington, Aguilar will return home with a deeper understanding of our nation’s
history and a wealth of experiences he will never forget.
