Skyline goes pink to support a friend and colleague

By MariCarmen Eroles on October 22, 2024 When Christi Canady-Boyd, a speech therapy assistant at Skyline High School, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021, she was anxious about talking to her supervisor. Little did she know the conversation would lead to a four-year legacy of love and support as dozens of Skyline Raiders walk every year in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.“It was my first year at Skyline, but I had known her from [W.H] Gaston [Middle School],” said Sonja Nix, assistant principal at Skyline High School. “When she told me, I took off my supervisor hat and put on my friend hat and asked her what we could do to support her.” Canady-Boyd got her treatment and is doing well, but because Nix was raised always helping others, and is part of a sorority that emphasizes service to others, she went a step further to support her friend and team member in her fight against a disease that affects one in four women in the United States. Nix created a Skyline Raiders team for that year’s Komen Race for the Cure and encouraged the school’s athletics teams to join. Several did, including the drill team—the...