Arjanaé is an outstanding participant in SIR’s college internship program as a fourth-year student at the University of Virginia pursuing her Bachelor’s in American Studies.  

She has participated in the Truist Emerging Leaders Program in Charlotte, which aims to inspire and build better lives and communities through leadership development. She participated in the Perkins Fellowship through Theological Horizons in Charlottesville. The program is a year-long residential fellowship dedicated to civil rights leader Dr. John Perkins’ philosophy of community development–relocation, reconciliation, and redistribution. 

Arjanaé has presented to more than 200 Foster Care Workers through the Virginia Department of Social Services, discussing her lived experience with childhood trauma, kinship adoption, and building resilience. The presentation was “The Importance of Kinship Care: The Connection between ACEs and Family Separation.”  

She published “The ripple effect of gun violence—a public health perspective from a daughter and a dad” in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and was interviewed by USA Today for Isolated and scared: The plight of juveniles locked up during the coronavirus pandemic. 

She earned an associate’s degree from Piedmont Virginia Community College and will graduate from the University of Virginia in 2024.