Natalia Bryant Opens Up About Leaving Sports Behind After Losing Father Kobe

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high school to college can be an emotionally tumultuous time for any young woman. Pair that with being the high profile child of a sports icon, and suffering the recent loss of not one, but two beloved members of immediate family, and you have a mix of pressure and grief that could grind any teen’s life to a halt.

But Natalia Bryant is standing strong. The eldest daughter of the late Kobe Bryant sat with Teen Vogue for their September 2021 issue as she was just on the cusp of entering her freshman year at the University of Southern California.

In the article, she opened up about pursuing her collegiate goals and seeking to make her family proud after tragically losing her father and younger sister. “I love talking about my dad,” Bryant