MI01C010411
Status: | Available |
Name: | Na'Jaiya |
Age: | 14 |
Race: | Black/African American |
Gender: | Female |
State: | Michigan |
Case #: | MI01C010411 |
Last Profile Update: | 11/22/23 |
Photo Updated: | 01/08/24 |
About Na'Jaiya
One day, a bus bearing the name of Na’Jaiya’s professional sports team will park in front of an arena with a sign near the entrance announcing the night’s match-up. The crowd will line up outside waiting for the arena’s doors to open and hoping to get a glimpse of the team’s star player as she transitions from the bus to the gymnasium. It’s a dream that can come true for Na’Jaiya who wants to become a professional volleyball player when she gets older. For now, she’ll enjoy being herself and doing the things that young ladies love. Not only is Na’Jaiya described as an athletic girl who loves sports but also one who’s creative and enjoys cooking and drawing. “I like to draw animals,” Na’Jaiya says. She likes listening to music and takes a particular interest in country, rap and gospel. Na’Jaiya enjoys reading, too. “I am reading the Bible now,” she says. On her list of favorite things, Na’Jaiya includes fruit for food, red for color and wolf for animal. “Wolf means strength, loyalty and family,” she explains. “All of these things are important to me.” Despite her dreams of becoming a professional athlete, Na’Jaiya doesn’t need to be the star of the show in her new forever family. As a matter of fact, she prefers to share the stage with other children in her new home. Na’Jaiya says she just wants her family to be “nice people.”
“Na’Jaiya is an outgoing, calm and friendly child,” says one of her close adults. “She is determined and pretty consistent. She is a good listener and also has a good personality.”
Na’Jaiya needs a forever family with one or two parents who are experienced and trauma informed. Her family must make sure Na’Jaiya receives the services that will help her flourish. She can be placed in a home with or without other children. Na’Jaiya loves animals and prefers a family who has pets.