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A former two-time Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year winner from Bartlesville finds success in college.

Bartlesville-native Kismet Okyere (pictured) is currently a senior at the University of Missouri (MU or Mizzou) in Columbia, Missouri. Kismet has a major in psychology and minors in sociology, social justice and criminal justice. She won approximately $90,000 in scholarships through the Bartlesville Boys & Girls Club from 2016-2017, making the possibilities endless for her after high school, but she chose MU because of her psychology teacher.

To add to her success, Kismet has received Mizzou's Diversity Award, a scholarship managed by the Center for Academic Success & Excellence. Kismet is also a Ronald E. McNair scholar, a prestigious program that prepares students for doctoral study. She is working with a professor on research about adolescent-parent disclosure and how it impacts behavior, siblings and more.

To read Mizzou's feature, written by Keara Shannon, on this highly-acclaimed student from Bartlesville and the life of triumph she has lived in the face of challenges, click here.

Photo courtesy: Becca Newton