Jahnavi Kola
Hall of Fame 2018 Cohort
Majoring in Health Professions
High School Graduation Year: 2016
Year First Awarded the Carson Scholarship, School: 2015, Old Mill High School
Sponsored by: Carson Scholars Fund
Jahnavi, who is currently studying molecular & cellular biology and public health studies at Johns Hopkins University (JHU), puts her heart into everything she does. Inspired by her younger brother and the joy that he has brought to her life, she is in the process of co-starting the first Special Olympics event ever held at JHU. Since high school, Jahnavi has volunteered in the outpatient oncology department at Johns Hopkins Hospital and enjoys bringing a bit of hope to a family’s darkest days. She has been dancing ballet, tap, jazz, Bollywood, and Kuchipudi since the age of four.
If Jahnavi could tell her ten-year-old self one thing, it would be to stop caring so much about what other people think of her, and that life is more enjoyable when you let loose, follow your heart, and go with the flow.
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