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Shawna Young, EMBA ’15, talks about access to advanced learning opportunities for children of color.
A conversation with Shawna Young, EMBA ’15, on her experiences from North Carolina to Cambridge, from teaching high school to reinvigorating the Scratch Foundation at MIT and advocating for her community. A graduate of Howard University, Shawna tells us about being in a space where her classmates could be themselves, “unapologetically black and ambitious.” It set her on a path to focus on the access to advanced learning opportunities for children of color early in their educational journey.
Shawna tells us about the challenges of navigating both parenting and a career guided by the principles…
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