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Ashleigh Fields is a Howard University graduate and a freelance writer for the HBCU Times Magazine.
Zerline Hughes Spruill writes about social justice and issues impacting the Black diaspora. Her work has been featured in publications such as the Los Angeles Times, Ebony Magazine, and the Boston Globe.
Yolanda McCutchen is an award winning public relations practitioner and journalist. She is an alumna of Hampton University.
Dr. Roslyn Artis is the President and CEO of Benedict College. She is also a proud graduate of West Virginia State University.
Dr. Marybeth Gasman is the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education & a Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University.
Ericka Blount Danois is an award-winning journalist, author, screenwriter, producer, and professor.
Kymm Hunter is the Assistant Vice President for Communications and MArketing at Benedict College. She is also a proud graduate of Howard University.
Dr. Crystal A. deGregory is an associate professor of history and the founding director of the Mary McLeod Bethune Center for the Institute of Women and Girls at Bethune-
Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell, Esq. is a proud 3rd generation Florida A&M University Rattler.
Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Brittaney Carter is a communications strategist with 20 years of experience in writing, editing and publishing. She earned a Master of Public Policy degree from UC Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Spanish from the University of Greorgia.
Dr. Deitra Trent is the former Director of the White House Initiative on Advancing Equity, Excellence, Economic Opportunity Through HBCUs. She is also a proud graduate of Hampton University
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