Leadership Position In Diversity

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As Maya Angelou once said, “it is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity, there is beauty, and there is strength.” Although it may not be apparent when you see that I’m a mathematics major, I have involved myself heavily into social justice work. Coming from a small town in North Carolina, it wasn’t until I attended high school in Durham that I truly understood what it meant to embrace the multicultural aspect of a diverse student population. Between my leadership positions in high school, work-study experience, and essential skills, I believe that I would serve well as a Program and Marketing Assistant for Theater Delta.

For the last three months, I have served as a Diversity Education Research Assistant with the

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