After her mother died, Saniya said she focused more on her academics, maintaining a 4.5 GPA while also completing her fifth college-credit course,” WFMY reported.

“If anything, you know, I just use it as encouragement. Everything I did before, I told myself I must do 10 times more, to make her proud,” she said.

Saniya was accepted into 17 colleges and received more than $500,000 worth of scholarships. ”I’m super excited. I’m a tiny bit nervous, now that, I guess, I’m preparing for college and that my experience at high school is wrapping up,” she said.

She expressed how proud she is to have achieved the success wishing her mother was alive to witness her achievements.”It was just one of those things, I was happy, but still, in the back of my mind, I’m like, ‘Wow, I wish she could be here to see me do this and see me doing good,” she said.

Though she had many schools to choose from, Sania chose to attend Fayetteville State University adding that she has plans to work as a detective and military officer.