SHAPING THE FUTURE FOR TEEN ENTREPRENEURS written by PAIGE HATHORN
Aaliyah
White
is a 17-year-old in her junor year at Madison Prep, where she has been the president of her class since freshmen year. She is your average, busy high school girl. When she is not being an ambassador for her school, you can find her alongside the football players as their personal trainer. She has spent her whole school career on the sidelines of her high school football team and it has really started to pay off. Recently being promoted to head trainer. Aaliyah does everything from making sure the guys stay hydrated, to icing and taping. She helps decide what uniform is going to be worn at what game and coordinates who is traveling for junior varsity and varsity teams. Her dream is to work as an NFL sports trainer after she graduates from college.
“ If you don’ t like something, change it. If you can’ t change it, change your attitude. When you learn, teach. When you get, give. My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. You can’ t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”- Mayo Angelou.”
Aaliyah is the author of“ Living Life Through # Hashtags”, which is sold on
Amazon. It not only highlights her battles with depression, but also touches on bullying and low self-esteem. It also talks about her friend’ s battles with these issues as well,“ I was able to overcome my obstacles but my friend wasn’ t as lucky. She almost went through with committing suicide,” she says.“ Later in the same year, my father passed away and in my head I was like‘ OMG! Write a book,’” she says to herself. Six months later, Aaliyah successfully published her first book.“ My mom was a huge supporter of me.
She had my back from the start. My mentor, Chi, also made sure I was on track, which played a huge part in my book process,”
Aaliyah says.