Sa’Niya is one of our champions here at MWYF that has received scholarships due to her hard work, dedication, and ambitious goals. Sa’Niya has attended our Foundation since Kindergarten, now in the sixth grade. From the start, Sa’Niya has shown a love for tennis, which has led her to being on our competitive team! Although she is still working on perfecting her tennis serve, she is excelling in academics. When asked about her greatest personal accomplishment within the past year, she is most proud of “receiving all A’s and B’s on her report card,” way to go Sa’Niya!
This is the second year in a row for Sa’Niya to be awarded scholarships towards her educational future. This year, she was awarded the Sherry Murray Extra Mile, Tennis, and THE PLAYERS Driven to Succeed scholarships. Sa’Niya has great appreciation for her scholarships because she knows it will help her parents out. She does not want to see her parents struggle for her to receive higher education, and these scholarships take that worry away. Sa’Niya has expressed her love for art, which is a great motivator of hers because she says it keeps her calm. Sa’Niya has ambitious goals for the future and hopes to be accepted into an art school.
Since being a part of MWYF, Sa’Niya has been involved with several extracurriculars, such as community service projects, abstract art, graphic design, and cooking club. Sa’Niya has served her community by picking up trash to help the environment, which she has expressed is important to her. Having a love for art, Sa’Niya has taken elective courses in abstract art where she was able to take part in a mural for the MWYF Teen Center and has taken courses in graphic design where she designed clothes and accessories. She has also participated in the cooking elective class where she has learned how to cook and loves making the recipes for her mom.
As we can see, Saniya is an exceptional student who has compassion for others and her community. With her role model being her mother and the person that inspires her everyday to “do what's best for her’, “never give up, and try her best” as Saniya said. In terms of the future, Saniya would love to graduate from an art school and one day start an art channel on YouTube. Saniya most importantly strives to “listen and pay attention to people, providing the attention that everyone deserves”. We congratulate Saniya for being awarded three scholarships - THE PLAYERS Driven to Succeed, the Sherry Murray Extra Mile, and the Tennis Team scholarship!
