Shyanne Smith is a 16-year-old High school senior at Health Science High And Middle College. Shyanne is the middle child of three girls and although Shyanne isn’t a twin, she shares a birthday with her younger sister. Both Shyanne and her sister Chanel are both born on January 7 th but four years apart.
Shyanne believes service is the cornerstone of great communities and comes from a long line of family members who serve. Shyanne’s mother started and still runs one of the first charter schools in this city and Shyanne’s father is a retired master chief in the US Navy. Needless to say, Shyanne caught the service bug early.
Shyanne currently serves in student leadership at her high school and has been inducted and
represented her school in Washington DC in the National Honors Society. Shyanne has been a sought-after speaker and panelist with the AAAE (African American Association of Educators) where she spoke to San Diego Unified School District’s principals, along with California’s Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber on the vital importance of teacher efficacy. Shyanne is also a student ambassador at her high school, appears on their commercials and speaks as a panelist to dignitaries who visit their campus.
Shyanne is an ambassador at church in the high school ministry where she welcomes new people, gives tours, and sit with them during church service so they won’t be alone. Shyanne is a middle school math tutor at Holly Drive Leadership Academy, and is studying American Sign Language at Cuyamaca College.
Shyanne currently has a 4.2 grade point average, has 51 college credits and because of the ELC Pathways Program has a guaranteed acceptance to a one of the UCs in the State.