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Khyra Kolidakis
Intern, Georgia Legislative Black Caucus
Location: Atlanta, GA United States
Joined: Feb 17th, 2015
About   (request update)
Throughout my life, I had become the epitome of a Chicago native. At the young age of twelve, I was already a master at navigating the congested downtown streets and systems of trains or buses that made up Chicago. By age fourteen, I had been a member of the prestigious Chicago Children’s Choir for seven years. I had sung for the president of China, Beyonce, and even Barack Obama. I had attended Jones College Preparatory High School, which dwelled within the heart of downtown Chicago. Chicago had become a part of who I was, it’s people and places shaped my entire mentality, and I loved it. Behind my fast-paced, fun-filled, everyday, there was rooted a problem larger than myself. Like most teenage girls and their mothers, my mother and I never quite got along. But, unlike those typical mother-daughter relationships, there was a history of anger, bitterness, and failure that has plagued my family for generations. As a child in Jamaica, my grandmother was abused and mistreated, and had fled to America to better her circumstances. She had arrived, and immediately had my mother at the tender age of twenty. My mother grew up not knowing her father, and hating him, simply because my grandmother told her to. My mother grew, and became the first to attend college in her family, but suddenly became the cast away when she had me and dropped out of Howard University, her dream-school. After my birth, the bitter dysfunctional relationship was carried on, along with a history of abuse. For most of my adolescence, I believed that my father had wanted nothing to do with me, only heeding my mother’s words, and after many turbulent years of arguments, homelessness, and social workers, my mother had kicked me out. Her anger with her failures and life itself had overwhelmed us both. So, with nowhere to turn, I searched for my father, knowing that despite my excellent school, wonderful choir, and attachment to my city, I had to leave if I wanted to overcome my family’s curse. I discovered that my father had been looking for me as well. Also, there were many things which I did not know the truth about. With all my newfound information, I packed my one suitcase of belongings, and moved to Tracy, California. It was an enormous change of pace. Not to mention, having to adjust from my usual lonely routine, to a house filled with a younger brother, a younger sister, a step-mom, and a grandma. But I came, and I excelled. I found new friends, joined Leadership, Choir, and various other clubs and groups. Furthermore, I learned the truth. Not just about my mother and her relationship with my father, but about myself. I left to find peace, I left to find the truth, and I left because I knew that the key to my success, is not my location, but in fact, it is my outlook on life itself. If I want to be successful, it is entirely up to me, and I will be successful, no matter where I go.
Current Whereabouts:
. Khyra is an active member of the Spelman First-Year Class Council, where she will be fighting to implement a class at Morehouse, called Male Studies and the African Diaspora, which addresses the issue of the role of a black man in society today. In her first semester at Spelman she has been an intern with the Georgia House Democratic Caucus and sustained a 3.52 cumulative GPA. As the only first-year intern, she will also be going to intern with the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, where she will be working closely with Rep. Rahn Mayo. There she will be working with some of the best legislators and making an impact in the state of Georgia.
Life & Professional Aspirations:
I hope to someday be yet another Angela Rye. I would love to take my passion for politics and apply it as a political strategists, and hopefully someday be White House Chief of Staff.
Education   (request update)
Spelman College class of 2018
Undergrad Major: Political Science
Most Memorable Moment:
When I had already gotten accepted to Spelman College and attended Spelman, it made me so excited to go to the school of my dreams.
High School: John C. Kimball in Tracy, CA class of 2014
 
Activities & Accomplishments:
Block k Award, Black Student Union Founder and President, Commissioner of Rallies and Assemblies.
Experience
I currently work with Georgia Legislative Black Caucus as Intern
I have 1 years of experience working in the Government and Policy industry.
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