Salem student gets a boost toward dream of improving reservation housing

Kayla Monte (Courtesy photo)

Kayla Monte wants to change the way cities look. 

The 16-year-old, who splits her time between Arizona and Salem as a student of the Chemawa Indian School, has plans to diversify architecture and create affordable housing for reservation communities across the U.S.

But first, she has to get into, and pay for, college. 

Enter Hafeez Lakhani, founder and president of Lakhani Coaching–a Manhattan-based program that readies high school students for the…