Pace In the News
Please see how Pace Center for Girls is changing the lives of girls and young women through advocacy, partnerships, programs, and more in the many stories shared and published in the media.
I am proud to say I will graduate as the valedictorian of my high school class, and I am headed to Howard University with a scholarship from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Gates Scholarship. But if it wasn’t for my parents who supported my decision to enroll in a mental health program at Pace Center for Girls, I might be facing a different future.
Pace received a $90,000 grant from State Farm Insurance to support career and college preparation.
By age 15, Bella hadn’t finished fifth grade. But at Pace Center for Girls, she’s catching up — and learning she counts.
"In high school, you face a lot of problems. Pace, for me, was a place to express my feelings and talk more."
Sakiyah will attend Georgia Southern University in the fall and is the first person in her family to graduate high school and attend a four-year college.