Volunteer, Missionary, and Scholar

“As the only Latter-day Saint teenager at my school I tend to stand out,” says Tania Jane of Houston, Texas. “But I use that as an advantage to let people see that I am different and ask questions that will eventually lead to a discussion about the gospel.” Something else unique about Tania is that when she graduated from high school this past year she did so with an Associates Degree from college.

Tania Jane also volunteers at the local YMCA. She loves teaching, interacting, and just joking around with the children there.

When obstacles stand in her way Tania works to overcome them. “This past year was a challenge for me to go to seminary,” she says. “My ward did not have seminary classes because there were not enough students. I was the only one.” She was finally able to find a stake home study seminary class. She says participating this year was a lot harder than her first year, but it was definitely worth the effort.

Photograph by Susan Jones