BEFORE
BEFORE 8
BEFORE 8 A.M. SKIES WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY, WITH THE MERCURY REACHING AROUND 94 ONCE AGAIN.
THIS NEXT LADY YOU RE ABOUT TO
MEET HAS OVERCOME MAJOR
CHALLENGES ...
DESPITE HER FATHER SERVING A
LIFE SENTENCE IN PRISON, SHE
WENT ONTO BECOME THE BOYS AND
GIRLS CLUB S YOUTH OF THE YEAR
..
.. AS
.. AS WELL AS ACHIEVING OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS. JOINING US NOW IS AALIYAH, ALONG
WITH RENEE GARVENS FROM THE BOYS
AND GIRLS CLUB .. THANKS FOR
BEING HERE.
1. AALIYAH, CONGRATULATIONS
ON YOUR GRADUATION AND ALSO TO A
FULL-RIDE SCHOLARSHIP TO TEXAS
A&M UNIVERSITYON TOP OF THAT
BEING NAMED THE YOUTH OF THE
YEAR FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
OF SAN ANTONIOFIRST OF ALL,
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO STUDY AT
TEXAS
TEXAS A&M? AND, HOW DID YOU WIN THE HONOR OF YOUTH OF THE YEAR? 2. DURING YOUR SPEECH AT THE
2. DURING YOUR SPEECH AT THE
YOUTH OF THE YEAR GALA YOU SAID:
"I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOR GIVING ME
OPPORTUNITIES OF A LIFE TIME.
THINGS THAT I WILL TAKE WITH ME
TO COLLEGE AND IN MY FUTURE. YOU
GAVE ME THE CHANCE TO REALLY
FIND MYSELF."
WHAT OPPORTUNITIES OF A LIFE
TIME DID YOU EXPERIENCE AT THE
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB?
3. YOUR MOM WAS A SINGLE
PARENT YOUR FATHER IS IN PRISON
FOR KILLING A MAN DURING A
ROBBERY. THE STATISTICS FOR
ACHIEVING SUCCESS WERE STACKED
AGAINST YOUHOW DID YOU DEFY
THOSE STATISTICS?
4. CLEARLY THE BOYS AND
GIRLS CLUB HAD AN IMPACT ON
AALIYAH S LIFEIS THAT THE GOAL