You know those presentations the academies give trying to recruit middle schoolers? They work. Or at least in Sanita’s case. She says, “They sold it really well. I thought I’d apply. ‘Wow, that sounds really awesome. What am I going to lose? I’ll get denied. So what? I’ll cry. Whatever happens.’”
Mullets and pelvic thrusting turn her off, and smart people turn her on. She elaborates, “When they know their periodic elements, it blows my mind. Writers. I don’t know. Anything. I have low standards. I’m amazed by anything.”
She’s sometimes frustrated with how people perceive her. “People always think I’m joking and they never believe me. I’m like the kid that cries wolf. I think I’m going to die that way:
‘I think I have cancer.’
‘No, you don’t, Sanita.’
And then an hour later I’m on the floor. I wish people would take me seriously sometimes. But I guess it comes to my advantage sometimes.”
Never living in regret, Sanita dreams of being an inventor, a writer, a director, and a physical therapist. Sanita says, “I want to be all of those.” Hopefully she’ll take her own advice and seize the day.