622488 external_news 1560433130 1560437596 Heritage High School valedictorian Saulye Nichols was born in the Republic of Kazakhstan in Central Asia, but she hasn't given it much thought. Perhaps because she's been too focused on being the head of her class. Adopted at 9 months old, Saulye said she has no memory of her native country, nor her birth family....Saulye spent much of her early life in Ooltewah with her parents, Kim and Gary Nichols, but the family moved to Ringgold, Georgia, about 10 years ago....Saulye plans to attend Georgia Institute of Technology, where she will major in biology.

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