Nafisa Yusuf is currently a senior at Herbert Hoover High School. She first went to Crawford but is now a Cardinal.
She is African American and Somali, and also Muslim. She turned 17-years-old in August. She likes watching shows, playing soccer, and wearing black. She wants to attend a university or college in San Diego, where she would study nursing to become a nurse. Nafisa is hardworking and smart, and is always looking for things to learn.
Nafisa plays soccer and runs track, which she has been doing since her sophomore year at Crawford. Her favorite sport to play is soccer and it is her main sport, because she really enjoyed it her sophomore year.
Nafisa is also vice president of Queens of Excellence and is a part of the Black Student Union, or BSU. She attends Faith Club every Tuesday. As a young black woman, she joined Queens of Excellence to help and support other black girls at Hoover so that is why she became vice president. She is in many AP classes and works hard in them to become an honor student because her goal is to graduate in white with honors.