You grow girl

You grow girl! How Daylan Davis rose to the occasion.

By: Rhiana Thompson

Irecently had the privilege of interviewing Daylan Davis, an African American 17 year old senior at West Monroe High School. She presently serves as the 2020-2021 Homecoming Queen, President of the National Honors Society, Student Council Senior Class president, active member of West Monroe’s many clubs, and captain of her school’s very own Rebel Raiders dance team! She’s certainly top of the line! Pun intended. Outside of her academic endeavors, she recently just received an “Award of Excellence” from the Ouachita Parish School Board. Respectively, her involvement in such a plethoric amount of activities is natural for her. Davis comes from a loving , two-parent home, and really enjoyed her childhood. She celebrated both sides of her family, and visited her grandparents on frequent occasions. She started dance at the young age of 3, and as her elementary life progressed, she became more involved in New Vision Learning Academy’s programs, the preparatory academic establishment she attended. Daylan describes her early childhood as “blessed”, and her life only went higher from there! She attended Good Hope Middle School and joined the offered dance team and “Fellowship Program”. The Fellowship of Christian Students provided students who were interested, an opportunity to listen to a scripture and pray together each morning before class commenced. Life has been and is great for Daylan, but of course with every story, lies a climatic adversity. Unfortunately during her freshman year of high school, her father passed. It got challenging, but she still thrived through the difficulties. The aforementioned organizations she is currently involved in only factors as a FRACTION of her success. In the immediate past, Davis has had the honor of doing an interview for KNOE news, and has recently began modeling for “Posh Modeling LLC”, a local modeling agency here in Monroe! In her early adolescent years, she was an avid viewer of the hit tv show “America’s Next Top Model”, and a neoteric summer ago, she auditioned for Posh credit to her friends. Needless to say, she was accepted and has been slaying since. Concluding the interview, I asked in my opinion what were to be two of the most important questions . The first being, “Do you consider yourself a role model?”, to which Daylan replied, “Yes.”. In short, as she grew older the recognition of her deeds, involvement in activities, and affiliation with organizations contributed to her publicity. Her satisfaction with her “resume of success” also plays a factor in her leadership pride. Before I elucidate my second query, I’d like to humbly announce that Monroe’s Dear Daylan Davis, has been accepted into Harvard University. With her extensive list of accomplishments, and her model citizenship, it’s very deserving. I included this information because she has a very bright future ahead of her and having stated this, my final question for Dear Daylan was, “When you make it big, because you will, are you interested in returning to Monroe and aiding in its change for the future?” According to Davis, she generally believes that “Monroe is behind the rest of the world.” In relation to her escription of our city, I agree. Monroe, Louisiana can be and have much more than what is presented. Nevertheless, Daylan has considerably thought about a future homecoming. Davis is like that of a flower. Since a tiny seed, she has been able to utilize her environmental resources, her roots and fertilizer (being her family and home life). During her intermediate years she transitioned into a blossoming bud, constantly growing. From there the rain and thunder, being her senior’s demise, has helped her to transform. And my oh my, what has bloomed.