Halle Burton is Miss Florida Citrus 2025, an author, and founder of “Serve Our State,” an established nonprofit corporation. She is a recent Summa Cum Laude graduate from the University of Florida with a degree in public relations, earning the UF Presidential Service Award and UF PR Department Senior Award. Halle is a member of the Florida Blue Key, the oldest and most prestigious leadership honor society in Florida, and served as the executive director of Florida’s Future Leadership Program, a cohort dedicated to service and developing UF’s top 26 freshmen leaders.

Halle has over three years of professional experience as a public relations specialist, working as the social media specialist for Florida Farm Bureau, creative media intern for the Florida Gators, and a PR intern for UF’s Office of Strategic Communications. Aside from managing social media platforms for accounts like @FloridaGators and @GatorsStudents, Halle also prioritizes promoting her brand — @HappyHalledays, which has over 100,000 followers and 25 million total views. She created the daily series “365 Happy Days” and features the hashtag #HappyYoureHere to promote positive thinking.

As the founder of Serve Our State, Halle has spent over eight years promoting volunteerism and fostering positive relationships through service by hosting nationwide campaigns and projects. In October 2024, Halle published “The Super Servers: A Children’s Activity Book,” which launched as a #1 New Release on Amazon. In April 2025, she published her second #1 New Release, “The Citrus Servers.”