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University of North Georgia (¹û¶³´«Ã½) senior is one of 20 honorees selected nationally for the 2019 Children's Miracle Network Dance Marathon Distinguished Leadership Award.

Callahan-Williams, who is pursuing a kinesiology degree with an exercise science concentration, was chosen from thousands of graduating seniors from 300 colleges across the United States and Canada who participated in .

The Kennesaw, Georgia, native was executive director for ¹û¶³´«Ã½'s first Dance Marathon in 2017-18, when Miracle ¹û¶³´«Ã½ shattered its goal of $20,000 by raising more than $42,000 for (CHOA). That led to ¹û¶³´«Ã½ earning the Best New Dance Marathon award at the Miracle Network Dance Marathon Leadership Conference in July 2018.

She received approval to start Helpful, Optimistic, Positive and Encouraging (HOPE) at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ her first day of class as a freshman, and students from the group took part in the University of Georgia's Dance Marathon its first two years before bringing Dance Marathon to ¹û¶³´«Ã½ during its third year in 2017-18. In its fourth year, the group's name changed to Miracle ¹û¶³´«Ã½.

Callahan, who is also pursuing a Spanish minor, has personally raised more than $1,800 for CHOA in the past two years. ¹û¶³´«Ã½'s Dance Marathon has donated more than $95,000 to CHOA in that time span.