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Special Thanks & Acknowledgments
To all those who helped me along the way:
Asante Sana! (Thank you very much!)



I could not have made it this far alone.
I will pass on your good deeds....

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:



Pam Copley
My 8th grade dance teacher--For teaching me:
Dancers don't sweat, they GLOW!
Rest in Peace

Karen Powers
A model high school teacher in Ventura California--For your encouragement, support, and for taking the time to show a complete stranger how to apply to college. And most especially, thank you for valuing LOVE and HIGH EXPECTATIONS in your classroom.

Angela Evans
(My sister...pronounced seeester!)
You are a SHE-RO and a HERO to me!

I would not be where I am without the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program. CHERRYL ARNOLD--(yes, with two Rs)--was my McNair Director at CSULB. A special thanks to Cherryl,(a PROUD member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,Incorporated), a phenomenal woman and phenomenal mentor. CIAO!

John Bracey
ASALH & ABWH
For offering Scholarship AND Fellowship
Sharon Burney -- THE POET --
for ANGRY BLACK WOMAN and for always saying so much of what needs to be said....

THANK YOU to family, friends, mentors, and colleagues - especially:

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated (1908) -- Mu Upsilon Omega Chapter, Gainesville, FL.
The National Pan-Hellenic Council
National Council of Negro Women
California State University, Long Beach
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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