Senior Jayde Garcia is an artist, she’s historian for both BETA and TSA, and, above all, she’s a star Stingaree for being one of the top academic achievers at Miami High School. She’s fierce, selfless, and never backs down.

Artistic Life

Jayde’s been doing art ever since she was four years old, and she’s definitely improved since then. Her inspiration for art all started with her mom who is also an artist. In eighth grade, she won the Silver Key Award, which led to her artwork being showcased at the Perez Art Museum for a month.

In her sophomore year, she won the Congressional Art Recognition Reward. This year she won the poster contest for Values Matter Miami for her portrayal of the value, Pursuit of Excellence.

What Jayde loves most about art is how she can create an image that doesn’t exist in reality and alter perceptions. Her favorite artistic pursuits are illustrating portraits of people and designing products. Jayde wants any aspiring artists to know: “We all have to start somewhere, so don’t let other people’s skill discourage you.”

High School Life

Jayde Garcia was a student at Design & Architecture Senior High School (DASH) until she transferred to Miami High for the 2016-2017 school year. She liked DASH for many reasons. The school granted her the opportunity to go to New York for two weeks at the end of her junior year for her excellent artwork. The school also helped improve her artwork over time and helped her gain insight on what colleges to choose.

Although Jayde felt that DASH was a better fit for her because it had a strong focus on product design, she transferred to MHS for personal reasons, and she doesn’t regret the decision because she gets to graduate with her two other triplet sisters, Tatyana and Noelle Garcia.

Her favorite part about Miami High, that makes it different from her previous school, are the teachers. She said, “Teachers here truly care about their students and they are very interesting people.” Her three favorites are art teacher Ms. Lee, English teacher Ms. Puentes, and communication technology teacher Ms. Diaz because they all made her feel welcomed at school and motivated her to do better.  Her favorite subjects are art and English because she believes both subjects are engaging and fun.

Even though she recently joined the Miami High family, she was quick to get involved. She’s an officer for two clubs, BETA and TSA, and she’s also a member of GSA and Anime Nation.

Personal Life

Jayde Garcia was born on June 2, 1999, in Hialeah, the youngest of triplets. She lives with her dad and grandmother along with her two sisters. When she and her sisters were six years old, their parents got a divorce, and they lived with their mom until the sixth grade.

The triplets started at Flamingo Elementary in Davie, FL, up to the third grade. Then they moved to Acworth, Georgia, with their mom to attend Acworth Elementary and Barber Middle School. They left Georgia in the seventh grade to live with their father and attended Shenandoah Middle School.

Outside of school, Jayde loves to work on her art skills and read fiction novels such as The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

High Academic Achiever

Jayde Garcia is one of the top ten seniors for the Class of 2017, ranking at number 9. She has a 3.7 unweighted GPA and 4.6 weighted GPA. Throughout her high school career, Jayde has taken a total of nine AP classes and two Dual Enrollment classes. Her success, she says, comes from, “Staying up late, going to tutoring constantly, and having no social life.”

Jayde got accepted to six colleges and universities including Ohio State University, Florida State University, Cleveland Institute of Art, Milwaukee Institute of Art Design, University of Cincinnati, and the College of Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan. After constant deliberation, she finally decided on the College of Creative Studies which is grating her $45,000 in scholarships annually.

Jayde advises students striving for success to, “Work hard and do not listen to other people when they tell you, you can’t do it.”