Angela Ritz is a student at Manhattan Christian College in Manhattan, Kansas. She is majoring in Family Ministry with an emphasis is Pre-Counseling. Angela feels that her career goal is not typical: “My goal is to serve people,” she says. “I would like to achieve this through whatever career I find myself in, to help the people that I am surrounded by to maximize their potential in life.” Angela’s participation in Student Council and Small Group Leading has taught her how to lead on different levels, while also being receptive to learning from the people she leads.

Angela has worked hard to increase her scholarship funding each year, and also holds two part-time jobs, and is proud that now, in her senior year, she rarely needs to request her parents’ help. Her mom Janell, who works with the IRS, is Angela’s inspiration for success. Her mother taught her to explore her education- and every problem- creatively, and to take advantage of every challenge as a lesson to be learned. “Simply put, she guided me to become the woman I am today.”