Legacy Magazine One | Page 14

winning the Jamz Back-to-Back National Championship, USA National Championship and Sharps National Champion. Besides winning several national titles, Bradford was also captain of her high school's cheerleading squad, which was named as a All-Star team. Learning her first stunt at the tender age of seven, she has nearly mastered all her cheer stunts and moves. Aside from long practices and working hard to perfect routines and dances, she admires and respects the bond that she has with her teammates, who she calls her "Cheer Sisters". "We don't always get along, but we still love and support each other to the fullest." Bradford and her teammates had often been regulars on the AUC social scene, but due to practices and a heavy classwork load, she has begun to shy away. "Atlanta parties okay, but in Los Angeles, the parties there? Wild." She explained, "Atlanta parties are cool. It is just the music that is played, and played repeatedly, that I cannot connect with like I can back in L.A."

"Atlanta parties okay, but in Los Angeles, the parties there? Wild."

Whether she is perfecting intense moves of gymnastics to solidify our school spirit, or dispelling the myths and urban legends surrounding her hometown, Atiyyah Bradford is an energetic powerhouse who I forecast as revising the AUC Community. "I just want to make a difference. Maybe I can practice more, or study a little longer. I just love the thought of change and moving forward." Making a difference? I can't argue with that.

"I just want to make a difference.... I just love the thought of change and moving forward."

-Jasmine Satterfield