2019 NCSA Scholarship Winner Jenny Charles

Jenny Charles

Daughter of Kim Charles, Just Born, Inc.

 

This coming May, Jenny will graduate from Susquehanna University with a degree in early childhood education and a special education certificate with the aims of becoming a head teacher at an Elementary Life Skills school.

She is vice-captain of the university’s varsity women’s soccer team, and a member of Kappa Delta Pi Education Honors Society and Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honors Society.

Granddaughter of 1996 Candy Hall of Fame inductee John Zarbatany, Jenny graduated in 2016 from Nazareth Area High School in Nazareth, PA.

While attending high school, she was a four-year varsity letter winner and captain of the girls soccer team, honor roll student, SADD club president and Key Club member. She also founded an organization called “Aevdium,” which she says means “I have your back,” that helps promote positivity and suicide prevention.

When she isn’t studying or volunteering, she enjoys spending time with her family and playing the guitar.