Lakita found her passion for wrestling through the Beat The Streets program at her school, which aims to bring the sport to underfunded schools.
It was through this program that she found her passion for wrestling and went on to rank second in the state of Pennsylvania.
Now, she works with Beat The Streets which received a grant from the Sports 4 Life Initiative, a funding partnership co-founded by the Women's Sports Foundation and espnW.
Since 2014, the Sports4Life initiative has impacted more than 60,000 girls of color through sport.