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‘Be something bigger than what you are’ Youth of the Year shares how she paved the way for her future

Gainesville High's Alexyss Smith has been awarded the Boys and Girls Clubs of Lanier's Youth of the Year. - photo by Scott Rogers

303202021 YOUTH 1.jpg — Gainesville High's Alexyss Smith has been awarded the Boys and Girls Clubs of Lanier's Youth of the Year. - photo by Scott Rogers

Alexyss Smith isn’t the same person who entered the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lanier nine years ago. Back then, she described herself as a “shy shell” of who she is today.