Star Student Becomes Yoga Teacher In New City

NEW CITY, NY — Star Students are found in classrooms, on concert and theater stages and at debate lecterns, and out in the community doing good things to make life better for all of us.

Here at Patch, we've launched an initiative to help recognize Star Students, and we’re working to tell the stories of these outstanding kids to their neighbors.

This submission comes from Amy Hough, who nominated Samantha, a 12th grader in New City.

Star local student’s name

Samantha

Star local student’s home state

NY

How do you know the star local student?

Daughter and co-worker!

Why do you believe the star local student should be recognized?

My daughter worked so hard throughout High School and maintained excellent grades AND amazing relationships with her teachers. She found YOGA as a way to help her balance the stress and anxiety of being a teenager and decided she wanted to become a yoga teacher to help other children and peers manage their stress in a healthy way. During her junior year, she began an intensive, 95hr training program through Young Mountain Yoga and became certified to teach during the summer of 2022. She now teaches yoga to preschoolers at the JCC of Rockland and teaches with her mother at Shine Yoga Kids. She hopes to teach yoga and mindfulness classes to her peers at the University of Pittsburgh, where she is headed this Fall.

What's one thing you want everyone to know about the star local student?

When something (or someone) is important to her, she commits herself 100%

Congratulations on your achievements, and all of our best wishes to you in the future, Samantha!

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