A 17-year-old Portsmouth student earned one of the most competitive full-ride scholarships in the country and is finishing high school a year ahead of schedule.
Zakiyah Johnson had her heart set on Howard University, but paying for it was the challenge until April, when she learned she had earned the Gates Millennium Scholarship, a highly selective and competitive full-ride scholarship.
“Before I got the scholarship, it was looking like Hampton for a second, money-wise, again, but I got the scholarship, and I was like, oh yeah, no, I’m going to my dream school immediately,” Johnson said…