Kesariya Nallari-Jhala ’23 has been honored with seven awards by the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for the Massachusetts region in the categories of Photography (two Gold, one Silver), Poetry (two Silver), and Personal Essay and Memoir (two Honorable Mentions). This is the third year Kesariya will exhibit her photography in the Gold Key Exhibition.
Kesariya’s creative pursuits began at Belmont Day, and her parents, Liluye Nallari-Jhala and Mithun Nallari, credit her introspection to the reflective writing exercises, where she was asked to think critically about her work and develop a growth mindset. Liluye and Mithun note that as part of the cohort who started middle school in 2020 during the pandemic, “resilience may be the best lesson that BDS taught her, alongside the joys of a creative life!”
Kesariya is a student at Noble and Greenough School.
-Photo courtesy of Noble and Greenough School-
