Aspiring writer and astronaut Kitara Peter, nine, has made “excellence has no limits” her motto.

She attends The Athenian Pre-Secondary School, Deane Street, St Augustine.

She expresses her love for learning through writing, she told Newsday Kids during an interview arranged to take place at her school on Wednesday.

This passion was awakened by her admiration of her principal, Kezia Reece. So in August, Kitara wrote an essay, My Hero, to show her principal how much she has and continues to impact her life.

The essay expresses why she thinks her principal is: K– Kind, E – Enthusiastic, Z – Zealous, I – Important and A – Authentic, giving new meaning to her name.

“I was home relaxing and while my friends were playing games, I decided to write a piece about my hero.

“The piece is mostly about my hero and how she makes learning so fun and easy. Sometimes we think ‘It's so hard to understand the work’ but when we ask a question, she makes it very easy and shows us why the answer is so simple.

“She takes time to break the work up into parts and first explains one path, then goes through the rest. Then she asked if we understand and then goes over again and gives us some questions, she will never move on to another topic if we aren’t clear on the one we are on.”

Kitara said Reece’s attitude to education inspired the way she is seen and loved by her students. Her principal includes dance and songs in lessons.

She said she grew sad not being able to attend face-to-face classes and being away from her principal – so sad that she would wear her school uniform at home, even during school vacation, and routinely send warm What’s App messages to Reece.

The standard four student already has her life planned out.

“I’m an A student and a focused one. I love to play and also my favourite subject is science. And when I grow up, I want to be something like Elon Musk. I want to work in NASA.”

Kitara explained that Musk, a South African, is the founder and CEO of many companies, which includes SpaceX where he is the chief engineer. He is also one of the world's richest people.

[caption id="attachment_912540" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Kitara Peter, a student of The Athenian Pre-Secondary School, presents her principal Kezia Reece with the essay, My Hero, which she wrote about her. - PHOTO BY AYANNA KINSALE[/caption]

She also has a keen interest in local and foreign politics and one day hopes to make her mark in the political arena.

She admires US president Joe Biden and TT Prime Minister Dr Rowley.

Kitara, who said she is a fan of “big words”, described herself as an overachiever. She is involved in the Cross Society and recently won a spelling competition – standard two-standard three category – by the Young Teachers Organisation.

“I go through words in my dictionary, I look at the meaning and then I asked my aunty to print some words for me so I can practise using them in a sentence."

Kitara lives with her two grandmothers, aunt, and father at their Tunapuna home. She described being with rel