Zandria served as a Big at Baker College prep for the 2024-25 school year, and also became the student representative. With a dedication to academic persistence and a deep care for nurturing the creative spirit, Zandria has graduated and will be attending National Louis University in the fall of 2025 with a major in Culinary Arts.
Describe your experience with Lion's Pride in a few sentences.
I was involved with Lion’s Pride Mentoring from 2024-2025. Being a part of Lion’s Pride has been a very impactful and educational experience. I have made connections with not just my little as a big, but also other littles who were around me. I have learned how to talk to someone who may not be open to absorbing, and many more influential and useful things. Lion’s Pride as a whole is a very much needed program that thankfully, has been accessible to me.
Describe a highlight from your involvement with Lion's Pride Mentoring.
A highlight that I have would be when my little reached out to me after I graduated to show me that he finally got his grades up. Me and him struggled with his grades often and to see that even with me not being there he still tried and kept the things I said and did with him in his mind really touched my heart.
How has Lion's Pride impacted your educational and professional experience in high school and beyond?
Lion's Pride Mentoring has given me many resources that I can keep with me for the rest of my life, due to them being things that will always be useful. The things I've learned in Lion’s Pride will always be useful to me no matter what walk of life I am in.
