My Truth: How I Answered the Call to Education (Poster 16)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Seven
  In Poster Session: Biographical and Documentary Research SIG Posters

Abstract

When I was a teenager, if someone told me that I would live in Urbana, IL for thirty-seven years, my response would have been: “Where is that? No, I won’t. I am a city girl. As soon as I complete my degree, I will live in downtown Chicago.” Little did I know; I would find my passion for serving students in a predominately white college town? After self-reflection, talking with family and mentors, I realize that my current station in life is not surprising. As a first born, African American, first generation female college graduate who was born and raised in a predominately Black working class urban community, I believe both of my grandmothers would say, I found my calling.

Author

• Pamela Y. Greer, Moravian University
  Presenting Author