She IS a very talented young lady.
Have you seen what kind of options she may have at someplace like Cal State Fullerton?
BEG...I know she's in high school....but I don't remember what year she is going into...junior?
She needs to check out SCAD in Savannah GA (
http://www.scad.edu/), and Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL (
http://www.fullsail.edu/our-campus).
I went with RB and her niece when she interviewed at SCAD.....the place is incredible! My son still gets quite a bit of info from Full Sail, which has an entire program based on animation.