Bright Side With Tekneshia

As a strong advocate for teen health/fitness/wellness, she has already channeled her passion into a variety of different avenues. She is part of a Community Health Education Team that travels to various counties’ fairs to speak to the public about the value of a healthy lifestyle. She has published 75+ primarily health/wellness/science articles for her column in a local newspaper, The Turlock Journal; in another local newspaper, The Modesto Bee; in letters to the editors of various publications; in the online version of Teen Ink Magazine, for which she won two Editor’s Choice Awards; in Contentment Health Magazine; in the Huffington Post; on Yahoo! Voices; and in SparkLife. She also won the UC Davis COSMOS Tina Rose Noto Award for her commitment to pediatric healthcare. Henna now has a “Health with Henna” segment on Express Yourself! Teen Radio, the #1 most listened-to program on the VoiceAmerica Kids Network. In her free time, she is a dedicated bicyclist, a yoga-lover, and a Zumba enthusiast. All in all, s