SHESpeaks: Zaniya Lewis

This month, we’re kicking off the school year by featuring SHEsInCollege and today’s guest, Zaniya Lewis, is making big moves. In high school, she won an essay competition where she shared her story about the adversities that came with being the only African American in her private school class and won the chance to meet First Lady Michelle Obama, discuss the importance of overcoming challenges to get an education and even appear on the cover of Seventeen Magazine. That experience launched her dreams of sharing stories of overcoming adversity with others and since then, she’s launched the Yes She Can Campaign, an initiative to support young women and girls on their journey to accessing education. And she’s just getting started. The most amazing part? She’s done all of this while being a full time student at George Washington University. We discuss her work, her dreams, the adversity she continues to overcome and her advice to other CollegeSHEs, and beyond, who have the inkling of a dream, but aren’t sure how to bring it to reality.