SIXTEEN-year-old Bahamian student Tyja Braynen has been given the opportunity of a lifetime – to witness the swearing-in of the next president and vice president of the United States.
#Tyja is being given this opportunity because she was selected to attend the 2017 Presidential Inauguration Leadership Summit in Washington, DC, next January.
#Tyja, the daughter of Tyrone Braynen of the Ministry of Tourism in Nassau, and Lynnith Braynen, Consul at the Bahamas Consulate General, Miami, was selected for this exclusive and historic opportunity as an alumna of the Junior National Young Leaders Conference.
#The former student of Xavier’s Lower School in Nassau is now a 12th grade student at Western High School in Davie, Florida.
#The Presidential Inauguration Leadership Summit is being held in celebration of the Inauguration of the next president and vice president of the US. For five days, Tyja will take part in activities and events inspired by the presidential inauguration. She and other summit scholars will participate in workshops, seminar discussions and presentations designed to broaden their perspective on issues facing their generation. Read more >>