By Syniah Miller
Age 15, 9th grade
My name is Syniah Miller, and I'm trying to persuade people to help kids my age get an opportunity and have open minds about all the possible things they might want to pursue in their life.
Kids like me try to find something they actually like or want to take an interest in. I'm into fashion. There are a lot of programs for guitar, drama and computer club. But kids like me who want to pursue fashion, nursing, construction and ingenuity, how do we even start off being an entrepreneur?
My main focus is finding something communal; something that will make change of the violence because the more kids that are interested in afterschool programs, it keeps youth busy.
Sports is what Quip is known for, but let’s take a chance and let fashion be the reason somebody makes it out into the world to be something amazing and inspiring to others. Maybe others want an opportunity to make a change and have a bigger and brighter future.
And, who knows, maybe Syniah Miller will leave Quip being known as a fashion designer and not a ball player.
This essay was written for The Bridge Youth Edition, published on April 30, 2026.
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