Manzar Rzayeva has recently stepped into the spotlight at Greenwood. She was on Basketball Homecoming Court, and won three different awards in the Scholastic Art competition. She’s a social media mogul and a dedicated student.  Everyone knows Manzar.

Manzar moved to the United States in July 2015. She started at Bowling Green High School but moved to Greenwood halfway through the school year. She’s originally from a small country called Azerbaijan. She had to learn English very quickly here and was almost fluent when she entered Greenwood. She can speak three other languages besides English which are Turkish, Russian, and the language of her home country, Azeri.

As aforementioned Manzar won three different Scholastic Art Awards. She won an honorable mention for her flower light bulb in printmaking, a Silver Key for her photo of Greenwood graduate Joana Sosa, and a Gold Key for her photo of Lauryn Cook. Mrs. Soule approached Manzar with the idea of entering and she just couldn’t turn down the opportunity to compete.

Manzar also won the Martin Luther King Jr. award for art with a painting of a light bulb with a Martin Luther King Jr. quote. She got really interested in art in her home country when she entered in competitions in her elementary school, winning three times out of the three years she competed. She really got into photography when she started her Instagram account dedicated to books and taking pictures of them. Manzar was motivated to improve her photography skills so that she could become reps (representatives) for different publishers and bookstores.