Her advice to students on path toward the same goal? Keep going.
"You just have to keep pushing. You can't let anything stop you," she said. "My mom never let anything stop me. She always told me to go for it and that's what I did."
Credit: Yasmin Friday (Picture Courtesy: Linda Friday)
In August, Friday will head to her first choice college in The Big Easy: Xavier University of Louisiana.
"I'm a Bio/Pre-med major," she said. "They produce the most African American doctors and I want to be a surgeon."
Credit: Yasmin Friday (Picture Courtesy: Linda Friday)
Friday's perfect attendance isn't exclusive to school. She says she's never missed a day of work either.