Dwyane Wade with Zaya Wade; Zaya Wade and Gabrielle Union.Photo:Instagram/dwyanewade
Instagram/dwyanewade
Dwyane WadeandGabrielle Unionare preparing daughterZaya Wadefor her next chapter!
The retired basketball star, 42, and the actress, 51, accompanied Zaya, 16, on a tour of the University of Washington in Seattle, and Dwyane documented the visit with a sweetInstagram post.
In one shot, he and Zaya smile together under an umbrella — in UW purple! — and in another, the teen poses between tables and shelves in the college’s famous Suzzallo Library.
Videos the proud dad shared show him and Union smiling as a tour guide speaks, and Zaya wandering with Union beneath some of the blossoming cherry trees that canopy the campus’ quad.
In the caption of the post, the NBA alum could not contain his excitement, writing, “We’re in the College Visits season!!!”
Dwyane also posted some additional shots on his Instagram Story, including a picture of the library’s intricate ceiling and a snap from another Seattle tourist spot he visited: Pike Place Market.
Zaya Wade at the University of Washington.Instagram/dwyanewade
Wherever Zaya ends up applying, the teen’s résumé is stacked. A model, influencer and LGBTQ+ activist, she madeher runway debutand appeared on herfirst magazine coverlast March.
And she receives lots of support from both Wade (who was sure to receive the “first signed copy” of herDAZEDissue) and Union, whom the NBA star married in 2014.
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In a recent interview with PEOPLE, Dwyane — who had Zaya and her older brother Zaire, 22, with ex-wifeSiohvaughn Funches— saidhe strives to show Zaya “unconditional love.”
“I don’t want to just be one of those people who’s just been given to Zaya and she doesn’t feel open and confident in me,” he told PEOPLE. “I want to show her what unconditional love looks like so she can use me as this sounding board through life.”
From left: Gabrielle Union, Zaya Wade and Dwyane Wade.Gabrielle Union Wade/Instagram
Gabrielle Union Wade/Instagram
“I feel like it’s shown in Zaya,” he added of the teen, whocame out as transgender in 2020at age 12. “It’s shown in Zaya through the world because of her being a part of the trans community.”
Dwyane’s family also includes 10-year-old son Xavier, whom he had with Aja Metoyer, and 5-year-old daughterKaavia, whom he and Unionwelcomedin 2018. The NBA alum also has custody of his nephew Dahveon Morris.
source: people.com
