-: I graduated from Millersville in '84.
And as an undergrad, I came
and there was very few students of color here.
And I only recall one professor of color
and that was Hazel Jackson.
And I had her for English and believe me,
when you only have one professor of color,
everyone finds that person, you know.
And I just remember a group of us
just sittin' in her office all the time
because was the only person that we knew
that looked like us that wasn't a janitor.
I was an Industrial Technology major
and, again, the only person of color in that major
and, not only that, the only female (laughing) in that.
So that was a little different as well.
And it's funny because some the students
that I went through the program with,
some of 'em are teachin' here now.
So I get to talk to 'em a little bit about the experience
and we started off as, they used to group us
all together so we were group mates (laughing)
and stuff like that, so.
It was pretty different, but I survived,
but I think that I survived
because I had people that gave me the right connections.
And academically, I knew how to use the resources
because of Mrs. Trout and Hazel Jackson.
They taught me a lot of that stuff
and they taught me how to grow in this environment.