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At 19, I became one of the youngest op-ed contributors to the New York Times’ print Sunday Review in its history with my reflective essay about attending Spelman College.

The article focused on my childhood, cultivating a critical racial consciousness, and framing my nuanced relationship to education growimg up as one of few Black students in a predemominently white town. For various reasons contextualized in the essay, I viewed my college decision as an exercise in cultural homegoing. 

Why I Chose a Historically Black College