Junior Year: Learning New Things and Seeing the Bigger Picture
My junior year of high school was an amazing time for me to grow as a person and also learn new things about the world around me. To kick off this year I dived into my second year as a majorette for the Sidney Lanier Marching Poets band. From the time we marched in to...
The Opportunities of This Year
This past school year, I have gotten a tremendous amount of opportunities that have been beneficial to me. Some of those opportunities include: being a GEAR UP Alabama Ambassador, becoming a dual enrollment student at Tuskegee University, becoming an FBLA member, and...
It Was Both a Fast and Slow Year
This year has really had its difficulties for me. I thought so many times, “Naudia you should just give up already it is too hard.” I’ve been through so much this year it is so crazy, but with God by my side I knew I just couldn’t give up because there are way too...“GEAR UP” with the Lanier Poets: Black Belt Friday
On February 8, 2019, Black Belt Friday, GEAR UP Alabama along with volunteers from the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research(NCTEAR), students and professors from Lawson State Community College(LSCC), the University of Alabama at...
Black History Month to Me: An Ambassador Perspective
Black History month is very important to me because it acknowledges those who have come before me and accomplished things that contribute to our lives today. In the past African Americans had the bravery and confidence to confront the situations that they seemed...
