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Junior Achievement Helps High School Senior Pursue Dream
Niasia Greenidge-James, a high school senior from Canarsie, is heading off to college with big dreams thanks to Junior Achievement of New York. As Junior Achievement of New York’s 2013 Student of the Year, Greenidge-James is the winner of a $10,000 college scholarship which she plans to use towards an International Business and Culinary Arts and Food Management degree.
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