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Legacy, Learning, and Letting Go: The HBCU Freshman Experience
The college transition marks a pivotal moment for students and their families—a bittersweet blend of excitement, anxiety, and profound change. In this heartfelt episode, we witness the beautiful, sometimes emotional journey of exceptional young scholars who've reached our scholarship competition's top 20 while simultaneously beginning their HBCU experiences across the country.
From Howard University's historic campus to "the highest of seven hills" at Florida A&M to Tuskegee's rich traditions, these students share their first impressions of college life with remarkable candor. We surprise them with virtual visits from their parents, creating touching moments that reveal the complex emotions behind this major life transition. One mother perfectly captures the parental challenge: "We've been the director of their lives forever. Right now we have to be part of the audience and let them create their own story."
The episode showcases the unique value of the HBCU experience through multiple perspectives. Legacy student Kaylee follows her mother's footsteps at Howard, while Mayanna seeks cultural connection after years at predominantly white schools. Meanwhile, Kamara brings her incredible academic achievements—four associate degrees earned during high school—to Tuskegee's accelerated program. Through their stories, we witness how these institutions provide not just education but belonging, tradition, and connection to a powerful legacy of Black excellence.
These scholars represent extraordinary potential. Whether adjusting to campus life 13 hours from home, navigating new academic challenges, or simply learning to handle the southern heat, they approach each obstacle with determination and optimism. Their parents' pride shines through every conversation, balancing natural worry with deep faith in their children's capabilities.
As our scholarship competition continues toward selecting our finalists, we invite you to support these remarkable young people by voting before September 5th. Their journeys are just beginning, but their futures—like the traditions of the institutions they've chosen—shine brilliantly with promise.
Welcome to a better chance for youth television show with your host, monique Robinson, where we highlight, celebrate and recognize students from all over the country who are doing great things in the classroom, community and athletics. Every student deserves an opportunity, an opportunity for hope and a future. So let's celebrate our students, the next generation of teachers, engineers, entrepreneurs and future leaders. Join us on another incredible segment of A Better Chance for Youth show with your host, monique Robinson.
Speaker 4:Welcome, welcome, welcome. Today is another amazing day, as we are in round three. Can you believe it? I have spent a lot of time with all of these scholars, but I am so proud because right now, several of our scholars have transitioned to another phase of adulthood and I'm so proud of all of them, like you know, extremely proud of our guests today, because these two, you know, families have literally been battling out all summer over who's going to be first and second, and not even know it. But hey, you know I'll let you all get to meet them today.
Speaker 4:So we have been through a lot. You know, we started with 70, down to 66, down to 50, 33. Now it's the top 20. And you know, last day to vote is September 5th and I, you know, every day I call the people that are looking at the data and I'm like who's ahead? So thank you for supporting our young people in the Takesha A Davis Scholarship. Our family is forever grateful to you all for supporting it for the last five years. But this year's class they hit a little different and they never let me vote because I just get too attached and.
Speaker 4:I love the young people, so let's welcome. And you know, hopefully I push the right button because, by the way, I need an engineer that can run the back camera as well. So hopefully I'm picking the right button and if I't, we're just gonna play it off and move on. Anyway, yeah, I did so, welcome, welcome. I have to. I have to talk myself through pushing buttons because I will mess it up not on purpose, but I messed it up. So how are you doing?
Speaker 7:I'm doing well. It's been a. It's been a long week and I think it's just. It's not even Wednesday yet. I'm doing well. It's been a long week and I think it's not even Wednesday yet, but I'm doing very well, no complaints. Missing my daughter a little bit, but I'm so happy for the new journey in her life that that gives me solace. So I haven't shed a lot of tears, to be quite honest, because I'm so excited for her.
Speaker 4:Oh well, how was that drop-off?
Speaker 7:Actually, the drop-off was very, very smooth. I had heard some stories from the previous year about drop-offs, but it was very smooth. I don't know the stars aligned or you know, or what, or God just blessed us with an easy move in, but we didn't run into any issues. As soon as we got to the campus, we pulled up in front of the dorm, kaylee went inside and she registered. There were students outside with bins. We took maybe three trips upstairs and it was very. It was very effortless. So I was very proud of Howard University.
Speaker 4:That's amazing to hear because a lot of times people give our university such bad press when it comes to the organization of getting your child into school and things like that. Thank you for giving that feedback. So, Howard alum, I told y'all we have some people that you know give y'all good press on here. So thank you. And she's a parent, so I had I throw that in there new parent. Now, how is that process for you like getting her to that point? Because in a couple weeks I started a program with a bunch of new parents from all over the nation in preparing their scholars for hbcu life so I'll be very transparent with you.
Speaker 7:I mean I think that I've been preparing Kaylee, like I'm going to say, all of her life, you know, as a Howard alum, very active in alumni association, very active at the school. So every opportunity to take her down to Howard, immerse her in different programs at Howard. She played volleyball, as you can see, she plays volleyball. She did volleyball camp there a few times. She did a leadership camp there. So just really immersing her into the culture at Howard.
Speaker 7:Now, in terms of, like the academic piece, I mean, I think I've always thought about like what will she need to be successful wherever she decides to go? Maybe Howard was not going to be her choice. So really staying on top of her academics, I think when COVID happened, a lot of us were concerned, like are our students going to be ready for college? Kaylee, you know, somehow she was able to manage all of the ups and downs. You know, I just stayed close to her and just made sure that she was prepared with her academics. I always had supplemental support for her. I always say to people even if you're a student or your child is a high performer, that doesn't mean that they shouldn't have supplemental support. So I think for me having that supplemental support for her academically was huge, and then just tapping into my networks- Love it, love it, love it.
Speaker 4:And yes, I have noticed that she played volleyball, because that's how I always remember when I looked at the graphics. That's how I knew who she was. Every time I'm like, oh, the one that played volleyball. So, mom, when's the last time you seen your daughter?
Speaker 7:So, believe it or not, I dropped. We dropped her off on the 9th, but my job takes me up and down the East coast and I had an opportunity to go back to DC last Wednesday and I just dropped off a couple of things to her. I probably saw for maybe like 10 minutes. I didn't want to like interrupt. I wanted her to you, her to just get the things that she needed.
Speaker 7:A quote I read a couple of weeks ago. I'm trying to live by this quote and I'm going to share this to other parents. You know we've we've been the director of their lives like forever. Right Now we have to be part of the audience and let them make their own story, create their own story, move forward in the next chapter of the last own story, create their own story, move forward in the next chapter of their life. So I'm trying to fall back and let her create her own way. So I didn't stay long, I just dropped off the thing, said a couple of things and then I was out of the way. So that's all I have.
Speaker 4:You were a alum. I graduated from Wilberforce. Both my parents graduated from Wilberforce, so being a legacy hit different. You know, everybody on campus is like wait a minute, your mom went here, your dad. I'm like, hey, that's exciting. So after this commercial break I might have a surprise for you. Good night, hold on Right after this.
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Speaker 4:Welcome back. Welcome back. I told you I was going to have a surprise for you when I came back. Hi, mommy.
Speaker 7:I'm going to call her Pumpkin. That's what we call her. Good to see you.
Speaker 4:Good to see you too. So, oh, so cute. Now, see, I told you, look at that. Now she really smiling, see, she get to see her mom, so are you gonna introduce? Well, your mom done, already introduced herself to us. So how's school going?
Speaker 9:it's going good. Um, I'm currently this is my second day of class. Um, yesterday was my first day and it was it was a pretty I would like to say I'll use the word chillaxed day, but it was a very, it was a very good day for me. It I won't even lie, it really was. Um had a little mishap in the morning, got a little turned around, a little lost, but then I called my mom and asked her, because she is also a howard alum, and I called her axel. Do you know where x, y and z this building is? And she told me, and then from there it was just smooth sailing. So it was a. It was a really good day for me.
Speaker 4:yeah, that that makes a huge difference when your, your mom, can be like the point of contact, like hey, I can't find my clad. That's so sweet. So, mom, how is it seeing your daughter after you know you dropped her off and you seen her a little bit?
Speaker 7:It really is good to see her. She's my only child, the only one that I was blessed with, and we're very, very close. So I want the best for her. I want her to have this new experience. So it's good to see her face, good to see her smiling and good to hear that she's transitioning well Again. I'm so super proud of her. Super proud, super proud mom, you know legacy is important, but has she chosen because she had some other schools that she was really looking at? Has she chosen another institution? I would have been fine with that. I mean, just choosing an HBCU was extremely important to me for her.
Speaker 4:Well, all her attributes and things she had to offer. I can only imagine how hard her college decision was.
Speaker 2:Because I read all the like.
Speaker 4:I said, I read everything they send in, but I just don't get to vote because my heart is too big. But while we're talking about voting, um mom, why should people support your scholar?
Speaker 7:Why should people support Kaylee? I put it this way Kaylee has such a huge heart. Her light is extremely bright. When Kaylee walks in a room, she makes it her business to find that person who might be sitting alone, who might be alone, and to befriend them, like she has a huge, huge heart for other people. So I think her personality, her drive, her impact to make sure that she includes everybody, like within community, I think is really big.
Speaker 7:I think that when you think about a scholar, kaylee is a very astute student. I remember during COVID, all the students were basically locked down at home and trying to get their coursework done. I tried to extend myself to Kaylee hey, how can I help you? But she was on top of her classes. I didn't have to like stay on top of her. So she's very, very motivated. She's a phenomenal student. So I think that people should vote for Kaylee because she has a bright future ahead of her.
Speaker 7:I don't know if she shared on a prior call. She wants to get her PhD in research. She wants to work on rare diseases and I think that it is so important that people that look like us are doing research, because there are so many diseases that impact our community and oftentimes we as people of color, particularly Black people, we don't get, we don't involve ourselves in clinical trials because of our mistrust and distrust in the medical community. So by having someone like Kaylee right work in that field, she will be able to share not only what she's learned from you know within her academics, but personally what she knows from her community, and be able to bridge those two things together.
Speaker 4:Awesome, awesome. I like that, so it has been fun. But guys, we have to let Kayla go because she is in the middle of freshman week and getting well, not freshman week. She in class, she big time college student now and I watched the whole transition all summer but she ain't sent me no dorm pics, so she not going into the newsletter. I got you, I got you, doc, I got you. But before I let you both go, did you want to say something to your mom?
Speaker 9:Well, I just want to say that I love my mom. I love her. I love her so so much she knows this that she's my number one supporter, my biggest cheerleader, but she's always the one that keeps me on my toes and keeps me accountable, and I just love her and I just want to thank you for being here for me and to speak on my behalf and I love you so, so much. And just before I leave, you know we are Howard alone and you know there's a world renowned phrase for Howard students and Howard alone, because when one says H-U, you know yeah, uh-huh, that's what I want to leave.
Speaker 4:I knew it was coming. I knew it was I kind of like felt it, but I said, okay, we didn't do the bison horns?
Speaker 7:we just said I didn't do that.
Speaker 4:Yeah, you know I love it. Congratulations on your new legacy. Uh, wish you nothing but success. I'll keep my fingers crossed because I mean, like you've been holding it down and second and first, alternating and rotating and who knows how to end up. But I know you are a very strong candidate and you know people. Please, you know vote, vote for our young people. I can't vote, but I can instigate so, and if you miss some of her powerful interviews, you can see them on any of our platforms. And thank you, mom, for allowing us to use your daughter the whole entire summer.
Speaker 7:And thank you for the opportunity. I think that this was a unique opportunity for the students, so it helped to develop their leadership skills as well. So thank you so much for the opportunity and look forward to future endeavors with the organization.
Speaker 4:Thank you, you're welcome.
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Speaker 4:Welcome back, see, we have a familiar face. Like he is no stranger to this competition, no stranger to um any part of our platforms, because he has gotten the highest score on his essay delivery and the most watched video. So let's welcome to our show today, round three. You ready for it?
Speaker 11:I'm ready, I'm gonna introduce myself all right.
Speaker 4:Well, let me hear you introduce yourself, because you know it looks like you're not at home right now. Where are you at right now?
Speaker 11:I'm at the highest of seven hills. Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University.
Speaker 4:Here we go again. Wait a minute. He didn't tell me he is the highest. Say it again I got it.
Speaker 11:I got it Highest of seven hills.
Speaker 4:That's what they training y'all in freshman orientation. You gotta say it, no, not so much that's what it is, that's what we know. You're like no, that's what it is, that's fat. That's now no cap, I got it. I got it. You didn't know I knew your language too. All right, so how has it been so far? At at the highest of seven here.
Speaker 11:It's been great. Actually, I did a pre-professional meeting with an onboarding organization. So they had us, they taught us some professionalism. They had us meet with our advisor. Well, they had to introduce us to our advisors, but they didn't have us meet. And today I went ahead. I helped some of my friends move in and I got some community service out of it Community service hours each semester. So I helped my friends move in. I took a placement test this morning. I did pretty well and then I met with my academic advisor. We had a good conversation. I found out she likes jamaican food, so I sent her a curry recipe, a curry chicken recipe. You cook? No, I don't cook that much. I don't cook. Well, I can't cook here, because why could if I had pots and pans? But I'm not. I'm not, I'm not on pots and pans. Maybe.
Speaker 4:Don't incriminate yourself if you ain't supposed to be. I learned something different about you every time you come on here. Now you're telling me you cook you this. Okay, well, that's fine, that's, that's great. Now what else have you been doing? Have you been enjoying, like the sites and cause you all the way from up North, right?
Speaker 11:Yeah, I've been walking the campus trying to figure out my map of my schedule because some of my classes are close. I need to see how I can make that walk a little bit faster and brisk, but it is hot one side. Getting from one side of the campus to another is about a 17 minute walk in 91 degree humidity. So it's like you walk outside, you have your lotion and stuff on all that's coming right sweating it right off.
Speaker 4:Welcome to the south, not just playing. Yeah, I'm sorry, I hate that for you I've been enjoying myself otherwise as long as the air work in the room, you good right in your race can't complain I was about to say. You know that air don't it hit different. So when's the last time you got to see your parents?
Speaker 11:I haven't seen my parents in almost a week now.
Speaker 4:A week.
Speaker 11:Almost a week. It's been a couple of days.
Speaker 4:You miss them a little bit.
Speaker 11:I miss them a lot. I miss my parents a lot.
Speaker 4:Between you and me. Like you ain't got to say that because you on here, I won't tell them.
Speaker 11:I may not. I'm 13 hours away from home 13 hours away. 13 hours away from home. Yeah, I miss my family a lot.
Speaker 4:So you're not going home to when?
Speaker 11:December.
Speaker 4:Oh, that's a long time.
Speaker 11:They're able to visit me next month, so that'll be the next time I see them. I've been calling mom and calling dad able to visit me next month, so that'll be the next time I see them. I've been calling mom and calling dad, calling back home, calling relatives just to see how they're doing. You don't have no family in Florida in Florida but a couple hours away like four or five about roughly like a hall.
Speaker 4:Okay, yeah, yeah, that's a hall. Well, at least you get to embrace the hot weather, like the triple digits coming and you know, sorry, that's a total different experience. Well, at least you don't have to see snow until you go back yes, that's true.
Speaker 11:Hopefully it doesn't mess up any flights and the tropical. It's already been raining here. I'm getting used to the rain and everything. I need to give me a rain show, get a rain show and a jacket, because it's been a couple times walking on the campus. It just starts. Even today I was moving out, my friend moved her stuff in with her family and then the rain comes down on me. Everything's the cart's wet, the boxes are wet, I'm soaked, had a chance to go back in the room and take a shower. It was a whole lot, but I'm getting activated and I'm definitely enjoying it it is totally different.
Speaker 4:uh, one thing I will say about florida is can rain, you go in the store and then you come out and then it's hot like it never rained before.
Speaker 11:Exactly.
Speaker 4:Well, I'm glad you're safe. I'm glad your move in went well. But I still didn't get no pictures. So if I don't have pictures, it didn't exist.
Speaker 11:Okay, I'm going to send over pictures tonight.
Speaker 4:So, look, I got a surprise for you, because I know that you are already in school, um, and you know this round three and you never know who shows up on. You know better chance, television show you ready, or you want me to surprise you after break?
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Speaker 11:Welcome back. Welcome back, hi mom, hi dad. What's up, aj, it's nice to see you guys, what's going on. It's nice to see you too. I miss you I love you.
Speaker 10:I miss you too. I miss you guys a lot.
Speaker 11:I love you too. I see that orange tie Orange tie and if you look in the background it's a little blurry. I don't know if you can see Orange and green.
Speaker 12:I see that orange and green.
Speaker 10:Is your bed made my bed's?
Speaker 11:made. Yes, see that orange and green is your bedmate, my best friend that's always the question I would.
Speaker 12:I would tell you parent weekend that room could be a total mess, but you better have that bed made that is so nice.
Speaker 4:I didn't want to tell him like know, I want to kind of like catch him off guard because he was talking about he is 13 hours away.
Speaker 11:And you know he had his induction into the southern weather and this is a very nice and happy surprise.
Speaker 4:I appreciate that a lot, Thank you. Hey, that's what we do. We are so unpredictable here. But you know, I have to ask your parents because 13 hours away is a lot of trust, Like that's a lot what made you want to totally help your scholar get to a, not just an HBCU, but 13 hours away, when I know you have them in your backyard?
Speaker 10:It's a really good question. So I have to be honest, I was not in support of the distance or the school for that matter. It wasn't until we went down for the spring preview and I saw his face light up and I saw all of the amenities and the care and the love and the intentionality that the administration at Florida A&M put into the school and the experience and just the sheer joy on his face. I knew I needed to get behind it, and it's taken some time for me to fully be okay with this decision, but every day gets better. It's been about 72 hours since I've seen him, so this is great. This is a surprise. We haven't even FaceTimed, but I'm okay with it now because he's okay and that makes me feel a lot better.
Speaker 4:That's good. I mean, mom, you got like 360. Right, put an air tag on no, I'm just kidding.
Speaker 12:I'll say for me we have a lot of family members and friends who've attended HBCUs, but none that have attended Florida A&M. So for him it's breaking new ground. As Heidi said, his face lit up and then for the 13 hours I narrow it down to about three the time it takes for us to get to the airport about two hours in the air, and then the time it takes for us to get to campus from that Tallahassee airport so we can get to them very quickly you scared me when you said down to three.
Speaker 4:I was like, wait a minute, what kind of car are you driving now? Right, what is that? But no, that's that is truly, truly amazing. But, um, if we had to make sure we get our friend, uh, some rain gear, because this is that rain season, probably about october. So you know, alum, y'all voting, everybody, send them some rain gear. I know they're probably gonna send you a rat, their poncho, because, because that's just how it is, thank you, but no. And then another question I have for the parents is in a couple of weeks we start our brand new class of young people from 7th to 12th graders, all over everywhere. We usually meet on Zoom, unless they live locally, and we usually do their meetings separate and on Zoom at the same time. But how would you tell, what advice would you give a parent? You know, because mom was like I was not for it at all, and I understand, because 13 hours, that's, you know, is, is he the only boy?
Speaker 10:he's the only boy.
Speaker 4:He has an older sister, obviously, I think, oh no no wonder I wonder why you're like okay, it makes sense, but what advice would you give other parents that you know are about to be in your shoes with this whole college process?
Speaker 10:That's a really good question and I think it would just be to start to use academic and college going language, talking about the rich history and legacy that is the HBCU experience. I narrowed it down to a few P's the people. When we think about the people that have graduated or contributed to the HBCU legacy, you can't not think about Martin Luther King or not think about Mary McLeod Bethune, or not think about Dorothy Hyatt or not think about John Lewis, and the list goes on and on. About the folks who have attended HBCUs. I think about productivity, I think about progress, I think about political activists and also resistance. Just all of those things help contribute to being in safe spaces, and safe spaces that are the HBCU family.
Speaker 12:And I think, with all of those things and that motivation, we always think about what our deepest fears are, relate those fears as risks and then think about ways to mitigate those. So the travel, make sure that you factor in that airline ticket if it's that far away. When you look at the resources and the community that they're able to build, start building that in advance. But thinking about those challenges that make us fearful and coming up with ways to mitigate those is some advice that I would also give.
Speaker 4:Awesome, awesome. Now I have to ask this last question. Actually it's going to be two. The first question is definitely to the parents. If you're looking on the bottom of the screen or if you're looking and watching it from various places, on the bottom is information on how you can vote for your favorite scholar. Now, I mean, I've been trying to figure it out. I've even asked him on one interview, like how are you consistently coming in this first or second place? Like he hasn't been below that this whole you know period of time and I'm like what's your secret? But I want to hear from the parents, like why are people supporting him and why should they continue?
Speaker 10:So I guess I'll go first again and I'll narrow it down to two things. I like to say that he is such light, he is love and light and he has this magnetism that is attractive. And lastly, he's also curious. He's a curious and critical thinker and I think that people are drawn to that, that his charisma, his intellect, his wit, so those things are magnetic and he's just, he's love.
Speaker 12:Yeah, and I'll just say that he is smart, he's compassionate, he's very competitive, he's an athlete at heart and he's an organizer and also a fierce negotiator. So I think all of those things come out in his personality and it can come right off of the screen. So maybe that's what people are getting and realizing that a vote for him is a vote for a great candidate who will go on to do amazing things for the culture and for his community awesome, awesome.
Speaker 4:Now you know, just out of curiosity, because you know the way he lit up when he seen his mom, that that explained everything. And dad, you know, I didn't know he was the youngest. You can tell me that.
Speaker 11:Yes, I am the youngest. I am the youngest Seven years. My sister is seven years older than me so she finished the college go around a lot before I did, so they're a little bit versed in this, but I see how it does her home a little bit to see her last kid go. Okay, but you got to promise me that you're going to reach out to mom every day. Of course she said I haven't been facetiming her, I've been calling her. I. I regular call her because I call her on the go. I'll be walking, walking to campus and I'll call my mom. We have a cool 15 minute conversation and then she'll put my dad on the line. I call my grandma, we call I gotta do better with the face.
Speaker 4:I'm in the you better, do better, because you you 13 hours and your dad said he'd get there at three, that's smart just saying hey, my parents did it like I didn't answer that phone one day and I looked at the window oh, they for real so you don't know.
Speaker 11:There was two things they said I wanted to expand upon. My mom said the piece I think one piece she left out was pride, taking pride and going to hbcu and being surrounded with like-minded individuals. It's always a good thing. And then my, my dad talked about communities. I feel like both my parents did a good job to make it a home away from home. My mom has met people from here and I've been meeting their families and it's like I have a network. I have a network of people if I ever need to fall back, and it's a good feeling, as well as being in a living and learning community. So I'm surrounded with other people with the same major, same ideals and I feel supported and I'm happy. I'm happy to be here.
Speaker 4:Love it Now, just because you brought this up, you know I got to ask. So what was the difference? What's the difference now that you've been acclimated to campus than your high school?
Speaker 11:It's a lot different. I went to all boys high school and so we had a tighter. It was more it was sports oriented as well as like a mix of like strong academics, like it was different. You it was harder to, I would say, reach out to professors because it was more like do it yourself. It was a college preparatory all boys school and they kind of threw you in the deep end. It was like to prepare you for college. They had you doing all your work. College it was college level, a work, all your cause of a work, not like there's no tutoring on campus, anything like that. I had those opportunities. Now here I have people around me, more people around me, who are more focused and they have tutoring on campus. I can reach out to a TA academic advisor. I have office hours. We never had office hours before. We had a study hall, but that went away freshman year. So now I feel like I have a lot more resources here than I have back at high school. But high school prepared me very, very well, I would say.
Speaker 4:That's good. Well, you got your freedom. I mean, at least you weren't like me in school. I had to watch classes around Guy and Light, because I just had to watch Guy and Light every day. You're like what? I'm around us all. I didn't miss guy in light and I didn't miss class.
Speaker 12:So that's not right it worked out nice yeah, before I let you go.
Speaker 4:Before I let you go, um, tell us you know one. You tell me two things. One I know you want to tell your parents something because you haven't seen them, and I would too, if I you know, on facetime with my parents. And then you know, on your way out, let us know what school you're at as well.
Speaker 11:Ok, I just want to say, mom and dad, I love you guys and I miss you guys a lot. Thank you for bringing me out here and I'm going to. I'm going to make you guys proud. I make myself most importantly, I make myself proud and I'm going to do exactly the morals and values that you instilled in me and I'm going to act on them and be a productive student. And I'm going to act on them and be a productive student.
Speaker 12:I'm here. I'm here for one thing, and the number one thing is to get a degree. Excellent, we love you too. We support you. Have fun and handle your business. Those two things, that balance will never steer you wrong.
Speaker 10:I will Pray every day and call me.
Speaker 11:Yes, I have my journal right here.
Speaker 10:God first and, as you said, make yourself proud.
Speaker 11:And I am at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1887, october 3rd, and the highest of seven hills.
Speaker 3:Thank you, awesome welcome to a Better Chance for Youth Television.
Speaker 4:Welcome back. I have another family for round three and we have Mayanna. She is no stranger to this competition. She gave a powerful, powerful essay and every interview you know she just totally brings it. Now, mayanna, where are you?
Speaker 6:I'm at Howard.
Speaker 4:I made it what you done made it to DC from Michigan, mmhmm how you like it.
Speaker 6:I like it so far. I like the city. Well, I like. I like to see that Howard's not in. You know that little area Howard's not in. I like the city. I'm liking everyone here. I got like one profession I don't know how I feel about, but okay, that's fair.
Speaker 4:That's fair how you like. In your classes, though, is it different from high school?
Speaker 6:well, so we didn't really learn nothing yet, so it's all just like it's been syllabus. I've been in classes for two days, but it's been cool. I'll probably figure out what it's really like like next week, uh-oh, but you feel like it's been cool.
Speaker 4:I'll probably figure out what it's really like next week, uh-oh, but you feel like it's still a good decision.
Speaker 6:Yeah, I think I'm still going to be there.
Speaker 4:Awesome, I see you got the Howard shirt on. You've been doing the chants too.
Speaker 6:Yep, they call that H-U-U-No every five minutes.
Speaker 4:I need to be there. They getting you ready for homecoming you excited. I'm excited Now, when the last time you seen your mom.
Speaker 6:I ain't even gonna lie.
Speaker 4:I talked to her like the other day you was on FaceTime or you just seen it. Just you know it's fine. What'd you say? You missed her a little bit, Just a little bit, Just a little bit. You better not say that you never know who I got watching. You miss home.
Speaker 6:Home. No, I don't think I miss Michigan. Maybe the lakes, maybe the beach, but nothing else. Okay, well, that's fair.
Speaker 4:When's the next time you're going home, though? Maybe the lakes, maybe the beach, but nothing else? No, okay, well, that's fair.
Speaker 6:When's the next time you're going home, though, you see. So I was posted on for Labor Day because I just had a new niece, but then planting is too high, so I'll be back for Thanksgiving, though.
Speaker 4:Okay, well, that's fair. At least you got the. Did you get to see the pictures of your new niece? Mm-hmm, that, but that's fair. At least you got the. Did you get to see the pictures of your new niece? Okay, that's fair. Well, I have a person, um, here at the show now. Sorry about that. This person knows you very well and I have a special guest just for you. Sorry about that. This person knows you very well and I have a special guest just for you. You ready.
Speaker 7:Mm-hmm Welcome to the show. How are you?
Speaker 4:Good, how are you? See? I told her don't be sitting there talking about she don't miss home. That's why she was trying to get home next weekend. Well, welcome. Thank you for allowing us to borrow your child throughout this summer, throughout this competition. She has been truly a pleasure to work with and to get to know, and you know her. Her goals and dreams are simply amazing. So thank you for allowing us to to get to know her. But, um, mom, how was that college experience getting her prepared for this to just get there? Expensive and emotional uh-oh expensive and emotional.
Speaker 4:Those are two good words. Yes, it was. It was a lot. It was a lot with because my honor graduated from high school a year early, so she we literally started moving her into her dorm the the day before her sixth, 17th birthday.
Speaker 6:It was well we was moving in the day before the day of in the the previous day before that.
Speaker 4:Right, so we started before her 17th birthday, so that was a lot. That's a lot and kind of scary because you're like that's my baby, baby. She graduated Exciting fun, but I'm happy to see her reach for her goals. That's good. My honey didn't tell me you was a young graduate. See, they tell me the truth. Y'all be holding all these secrets.
Speaker 6:I think it was in my essay, maybe it wasn't, I don't know. I've been writing a lot of essays. I don't be remembering whether I be putting the essays or not.
Speaker 4:Well, I mean, that's big shoes to feel that you graduated early and you got into a very rigorous college to get in. It's very hard to get in, even with people that do early applications. So hats off to you and hats off to your mom for pushing that, thank you. I don't know if I want my 17-year-old in DC. I'm just kidding. She's like don't know if I want my 17 year old in dc. I'm just like don't be hating now, no, but congratulations. Now one of the other questions I have, because I know the area really well where, um, where you all live in in michigan. Now, how was that like going to that high school and then you at the mecca? Now, how was that?
Speaker 6:I think it was. I think it's 10 times better. I went to a predominantly white high school so I was ready to get out of there. I need some culture, I need to be around black people, I need to be around like-minded people. And now I'm here like I don't want to leave, like I would never. I would never take that extra year Not the extra year, not the extra year, but the year I spoke to you. I would never do that oh, wow.
Speaker 4:So you totally embraced in the culture, because DC a lot going on there, yeah, a whole lot, which is good, and I totally love the area and I love the things that you will be exposed to. Now, mom, how do you feel that will impact her? Because when she come home she's gonna be a little different. Oh, I'm expecting her to be a little different, but her drive is amazing. So I know she's gonna excel, she's gonna embrace it all. That's good. That is so good. I'm super proud of her.
Speaker 4:Now, as you know, mayanna has been here from top 70 all the way down to where we are now with the top 20. And they do not and the young people even probably can tell now when they meet different people, they're like they're really not letting her vote. No, I don't get to vote, but I do get to let parents and them advocate for themselves. So why should um people continue to support and vote for myanna? Well, myanna, as I stated, her drive is amazing.
Speaker 4:Um, she strived for graduating high school early. That has been a goal of hers since sixth grade. I I believe it was originally I won't be in high school all year, my senior year to. Hey, I'm going to take this whole year. I'm graduating early and she definitely wanted to embrace the culture by attending an HBCU, which she applied to only HBCUs One. There was one that you didn't Georgia State Okay, so all except for one HBCUs One. There's one that you didn't Georgia State Okay, so all except for one HBCU.
Speaker 4:And she's a go-getter. She's late nights, early mornings. There were nights where Myanna was the first person out the house and the last person in because she had to be in school at 6 45 in the morning and she left school and worked. So she definitely has the drive and the motivation to go where she wants to go. I totally love it. I totally love it and I really, really appreciate Myanna's transparency throughout the competition, with her expressing her traditional schooling, where it just wasn't like everybody else's experience, where she wasn't exposed to a lot of culturally things and she had to advocate for herself. So thank you for even instilling that in her. Now I've been hearing it all day, because it's been a F? You and howard type of day today. So, um, before I let you go, mayana, is there anything you want to say to your mom? And then, before you go, let us know what school you are at.
Speaker 6:You got the dorm room looking nice behind you, but, um, tell us what school you are currently at and any lovely words you want to tell to your mom I just want to say, mom, I really love you and I appreciate you for everything you do and getting me here, because I definitely wouldn't have done it without you. You're, like my number one supporter, my biggest fan. I just love you so much and I know I I say don't miss you, but I'm missing you though. But yeah, I'm here at the Rural HU. Howard University College of Nursing and Health Science, health Management Agency.
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Speaker 4:Welcome back. Hi, look, I got a new friend now. I have truly enjoyed this young lady from the beginning of the competition. She has always stood out, you know, and she, you know, will drop the mic occasionally when she does her speeches. Now, where are you, ma'am? I haven't seen you. I feel like you. You know change, climates and everything. Where you been.
Speaker 14:It's because I have. I'm currently in Alabama at the one and only Tuskegee University.
Speaker 4:Okay, Okay, then I'll be calling by laying and enjoying that. I bet that heat disrespectful though.
Speaker 14:It is. When you said it was hot, I didn't think it would be this hot. Like I swear, I walk outside and it's like I'm thinking California, like OK, I'm going to be cool, like it's fine. Nah, it's different. This is different.
Speaker 4:It gets you some different clothes. The heat is disrespectful there. I know exactly what you're talking about, but how are things going though you start classes?
Speaker 14:yet I have not. I start tomorrow, so we start class on the 20th and I'm honestly like really nervous just because I'm not doing my undergrad education. I accelerated right, so I only have two years here at Tuskegee and so right now I'm just putting that grind in and I'm doing like my major classes, but like I know like I'll be the youngest person in class, so it might be like a little awkward at first but like you know, girl, you better use your speech and quotes you used in your essay.
Speaker 4:You, yes, create the table for yourself. Why would you feel, you know, overwhelmed anyway, you deserve a seat there, right?
Speaker 14:yeah, and I'm gonna bring my own chair.
Speaker 4:I'm ready, I'm pumped wow, so wait a minute. That's right because you got, um, you did the dual enrollment. Yes, okay, I was trying to figure out like, wait a minute. Did she say so because you did dual enrollment?
Speaker 14:you don't have that much time there yes, so while I was in high school, I graduated with four associate degrees.
Speaker 4:Uh, four, yeah, yeah you didn't tell me that the first time I met you it's okay, it's you know, sometimes you gotta like save little details.
Speaker 14:you know, add the spices in later.
Speaker 4:Okay, because you didn't tell me that Now. I need to hear this seasoning right now. What are these? These?
Speaker 14:associates in. So I have associates in communications, in social behavior, math and science, and then my last one, I believe, is philosophy.
Speaker 4:Wow.
Speaker 14:So yeah.
Speaker 4:And then my last one, I believe, is philosophy. Wow, so yeah, ok, no wonder. Well, that's amazing. Well, congratulations to you, thank you. I truly, truly think that is a good thing for you to already have a jump start and so you don't have that much time and it's probably, like, not that expensive for your parents.
Speaker 14:Yes, compared to like other schools or like even the california schools, tuskegee was definitely a really good financial. Like it. It uplifted so much weight, you know. So I mean we still have a few things to pay for, like we still have 20k to pay for, but you know, it was definitely a cheaper route than other financial options okay now.
Speaker 4:How is it like? When's the last time you see your parents?
Speaker 14:wow, I was dropped off last week so I haven't seen my parents in person. It's, it's been a week. It's been a week and eight days, maybe. I haven't seen my parents. Yeah, it just feels different. Like you know, like I was, I had five siblings so I grew up in a house that was very like lively, like there was always people going doing stuff, like there's always something going on, and now it's just me and my roommate and my roommate's honestly pretty shy and I like that. I'm a little bit more extroverted because, like, I can bring out like her shyness but, um, it's just been like it just I don't know, it's just different because it's just so quiet. I'm not used to it okay.
Speaker 4:So yeah, I mean, if that band playing out your window, what the band?
Speaker 14:rehearse. So well, yeah, last week was welcome week for freshmen, so we heard a little bit, but as of now it's just kind of been like we've been doing orientation, we've been back to back. We had people banging on our door like getting us up. They're like hey, go to Tigers. So we've been doing everything. Oh, we even had like a white dress ceremony and I was officially sworn in as a Tuskegee woman.
Speaker 4:Like it's been amazing. That's amazing. Did you take pictures of that? Because you ain't sent me pictures of anything I did. You know, I went to school and just kicked us to the curb no pictures.
Speaker 14:She ain't done nothing. And orientation week like we're getting a little hype. Orientation week like we're getting a little hype. We're getting a little hype, but remember, we still gotta stay on the grind. We're here to get that paper.
Speaker 4:That's true, that's true.
Speaker 14:So you, you ready for class tomorrow I am, I'm, I'm excited to see my professors and everything. I haven't seen them because during the transition we went to tuskegee three times before actually like coming, so I was able to meet my professors before, um, everyone else, just a little bit just to understand, like who they were, who they are. So, dr tillman, I'm ready to see. Um, dr mclaughlin, I'm, I'm ready to jump back in awesome.
Speaker 4:Look at you now, I must tell you, um, your speech for this competition has set the bar so high like I truly believe you won that round of where you had to read your essay because people were trying to figure out who that girl was that was at work and I was like, what are y'all talking about? The one that was standing up, what was your, your like motive to get you that type of drive to deliver that essay the way you did? Because you did that young lady oh, thank you.
Speaker 14:The drive is in the experience. I mean, this is what we do every day, like even since birth. We're facing systemic racism and things of that nature. So when speaking about this and speaking about these issues and even bringing my own seat to the table is from experience, it's from a place of passion and drive. It's not just, oh, here's a speech and I'm just going to deliver to you and read it off paper, but it's something that we all face and so when speaking about that, you have to be, you have to feel it like, you have to embrace it because you live it. So that's, that's my answer.
Speaker 4:Okay, because I I hey, if you haven't seen her um speech, it is actually. If you can't watch it, you can listen to it definitely on buzzfeed, um, on any of those platforms apple music, apple, um, whatever it it is Spotify, but if you need to really like watch it, it's on. Her clip is actually on Tick Tock and Instagram, but like you delivered that, so kudos to you. Now, after this commercial break, I got a surprise for you, because you said you haven't, you know, seen somebody in a while. After this commercial break, I am going to bring some people that know you real well, so let's see. Right after this.
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Speaker 4:Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back. I told her I had to write it down.
Speaker 14:Sorry, I was just there thinking I'm like who would know me really well? Hi, Kamara, Hi.
Speaker 13:Who are you?
Speaker 4:Yeah, I mean, she didn't. You know, they think that I don't know how to like tell them that they have people that are in their corner. But now you know, you know that she kind of set up different, like my parents are, you know, it's understand. So welcome to the show. Um, you have an amazing scholar and she kind of set the bar extremely high with her essay and her performance and kind of like had people calling her sister soldier, you know, commenting on the threads and on various platforms. But you know, like I asked her like how did he get to that? Like what made her, you know in your eyes, what was her like final nail to want to go to a hbcu?
Speaker 5:well, I'll start off, and then I'll hand it over is it just me Okay?
Speaker 13:Go ahead, Mom. Can you guys hear?
Speaker 4:I think Mom is having technical difficulties.
Speaker 13:Well, look, I'll go ahead and start off and you can jump back in. Okay, I'm a graduate of an HBCU. Her grandma also went to an HBCU. Her grandma also went to an HBCU. I went to Central State University, the best HBCU in Ohio.
Speaker 9:I'm going to cut your camera off.
Speaker 13:I got love for the Woo. I got love for the Woo, I love my school. I used to tell her all about school. I've taken her to homecoming a few times. I'm a member of Kappa Alpha Psi, so you know, she met the bros and I introduced her to a few sororities, to a few sororities and uh. So you know, um, I used to always tell her, you know, the love that I, you know, I'll receive from teachers, from the students, so, um, you know, and I always wanted her to have that experience.
Speaker 13:So, um, so I, you know, I would just tell her my experience and, um, you know, I, I guess at the end of the day it was her choice. But, um, yeah, but you know, she decided to go to, uh, she had a great opportunity and she just decided to take it at tuskegee, so I was happy awesome, awesome.
Speaker 5:I think mom is back I hope, yeah, we can hear. So can you guys hear me? Yes, ma'am, you can hear me. Awesome For Kamara, her drive behind. You know, choosing HBCU was really based off of her experience, her educational journey, right, I think. She had a lot of challenges along the way and she really wanted to connect with her people, primarily with students that were like her, where iron sharpens iron. So she was looking to try to be the best version of herself without having to really dig, dig deep in order to get there. So it's been a struggle for her throughout pre-K, all the way through high school, and we're really proud of her to have, you know, crossed the finish line with some of the accomplishments that she has made, and they did not come without tears and without struggle, and so now she's ready to go to the other side to see what's there for her and also to help navigate others through it.
Speaker 4:Who who has similar that's good, okay, well, that that's pretty cool. I, I like that, I truly, truly like that and I get it. Guys, mom is actually like she had to pull over because she's like, wait a minute, I got to do this for my baby, so we understand if she's coming in and out. You know, we got it. She's making a sacrifice to you know, make sure that her daughter knows she is supportive. Plus, she gets to, like, see her for free. You know, a little bit it's not the same as being there, but at least you get to see her, look at her like, yeah, I get to see my mom and dad. I ain't seen them in about a week. Get different.
Speaker 4:So, um, in a couple of weeks actually I want to say next month we will start a brand new group of parents in our organization where we will be training them the process that you all have just completed. Like you dropped your daughter off at college, like you're about to start life, and for her and she, you know, was telling me about her pending ceremony and I remember, uh, wilberforce candlelight ceremony that's a really um monumental thing now for you. How was it like after you dropped her off? How did that feel?
Speaker 13:you dropped her off. How did that feel? Um, I'll go ahead and I'll go ahead and start off for me. Um, it was well, we, we went to the school, maybe about three times. So, um, I mean, and it's the flight from cali to alabama three times, I you know, that's just something that we just really wanted to be sure that that was the school for her. Me dropping her off, I felt I had a good feeling, because I've been there three times before we did it. Plus, I was excited and I wanted her to have some of the same experiences that I had when I was undergrad.
Speaker 13:I miss her, that's, you know. I miss her. You know that's my daughter and I'm like, oh shoot, you know. But you know she was raised right and you know she's there to learn and she's going to have some fun too. But I think this is going to bring us closer, because I went to HBCU and she can kind of understand and understand me more and some of the things that I would talk about and tell her, you know, because she's going to have that same experience. So I think it's going to bring us closer because she's doing it. So I'm excited for I'm excited for it, but you know I miss her, but I'm excited for it, but I you know I miss her, but I'm excited though.
Speaker 4:That's awesome. I I was trying to make sure. Okay, there she go. Mom was coming back in, so I was trying to wait till I seen her in the back. When I see her in the back, I bring her back on. So throughout this competition and that's the only thing that makes me kind of sad is that it is a competition and we have to make cuts and things like that. But, um, kamara has made it all the way to the top 20 and that's not an easy thing in this, in this competition, it's not easy. It's not for the a faint at heart. But how would you, um, what makes it? What makes a person want to support your child, and why should they?
Speaker 13:why should they support kamara? Yes oh man, I listen. Um, you know, first off, kamara. She's a super hard worker. She graduated from high school with four associates. She also played, I think she got like she played like eight. She got like eight sports. Kamara, you play like eight sports.
Speaker 13:That's correct sports, kamara, you play like eight sports. That's correct, she. So she's a, she's a hard worker, she, she's, she can multitask I think our overall GPA was 4.2 at the same time as playing auto sports. So I mean, I think that's unprecedented. You know, you know, her goal is to be an attorney. She's doing a three plus three program, so, and then she's only going to have two years at Tuskegee before she goes to the next step. So she's very gifted, she's talented, she's a hard worker. And not only that, she's super beautiful, super beautiful, and she loves her mom and dad, so, and she does a lot around here. So we're going to miss her. So, so, yeah, you know that's, you know that's why I think that she should be in the top 10, actually number one. So, so, yeah, that's, that's that, that's my spiel, that's my speech. Four associates, great athlete, she's a superstar. And she got, like so many, school records High school records is not even funny, so she's one of a kind too. So that's Kamar Christian.
Speaker 4:Awesome too. That's Kamar Christian, awesome, awesome. I hate that the technology isn't working, because your mom was really, really trying to advocate for you. Tell her we do appreciate her. I'm so sorry.
Speaker 13:She was laughing at me because my phone wasn't working and not her phone. That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 2:That's a get back right there.
Speaker 13:Uh-uh See, she was laughing at me because my phone wasn't working and not her phone.
Speaker 7:So that's what.
Speaker 4:I'm saying that's a get back right there.
Speaker 13:Uh-uh, see, I do, now she can't get in.
Speaker 4:I will not, karma, I will not voice my opinion on anything dealing with that. But, kamara, did you want to say anything to your parents before we get?
Speaker 14:out of here. Yeah, mom and dad well, whoever mom is, I just want to say thank you. You've been my biggest supporters and the reason that I'm able to take this next step, and I know that it took a lot of sacrifice, love and patience to get me here and I'll never take that for granted. And even though I'm leaving, or have left, for college, I'm carrying everything that you've taught with me and I love you both and I promise to make you proud, and myself, of course, but I'll bring home that paper.
Speaker 4:Love it, love it, love it. See, now you get to dance. See what you done started, man. No, I'm just playing, but thank you all for watching. Tuning in, this has been A Better Chance Television with your lovely host, dr Monique Robinson, as we are trying to get this top 10 narrowed down and these parent interviews. But thank you again, sir. Even though you went to the school across the street, we won't hold it against you. Wonderful daughter, it's love. We love y'all, but I guess y'all don't love us.
Speaker 13:It's cool, your wonderful daughter that we used to love. See, we love y'all, but I guess y'all don't love us. It's cool.
Speaker 4:Hey you think?
Speaker 13:Probably all them beatdowns no no, no.
Speaker 4:We won a lot of stuff when I was in school. I don't know what happened now, but I know we used to give Central the business. That was the only basketball game I would go to.
Speaker 13:That was packed, it was packed, it was packed. That's the only one I went to. I love the room. I love the room. I love the room. It's cool.
Speaker 4:So, yes, please tell your mom thank you and dad thank you for hanging in there with us. And I'm sorry, guys, we might have to bring mom back on the separate show because she had a lot to say and I felt like she kind of got slighted. But at least Kamara did get to see her mom and dad. Yeah, so until next time. It's been fun, but we got to run. Kamara, good luck in Tuskegee ball and parlay. Learn them line dances. Good luck in Tuskegee ball and parlay. Learn them line dances Will do. Thank you, take care of them. Books, so you get that paper Will do, all right.
Speaker 14:Bye Go, tigers.
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