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The Sisters of SAAS: A Journey and a Mother’s Determination IT’S NOT UNCOMMON FOR SIBLINGS TO FOLLOW IN ONE ANOTHER’S FOOTSTEPS. BUT IT IS UNUSUAL WHEN FIVE OF THEM — ALL FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS — MARCH THROUGH ONE UNIVERSITY IN QUICK SUCCESSION.
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WHY L ANGSTON UNIVE RSIT Y? eginning in 2014, five sisters — Maya and Kambri Jackson, then Helena, Brenda, and Jharra Hollins — Mom Brenda Hollins — we call her “Mom Brenda” to dismatriculated at Langston University. Over the next tinguish her from her namesake daughter — explained how six years, at least two were walking the halls and the sister history, and a big family decision, unfolded. “Maya working toward degrees at any one time. Maya, the was recruited by Langston University while attending high trailblazer, began her studies in communication; Kambri, school in Palm Springs, California,” Mom Brenda began. criminal justice. Soon thereafter, Helena, Brenda, and Jharra “She was offered a full scholarship. Excited for the opportuall made names for themselves in LU’s School of Agriculture nity, she enrolled.” and Applied Sciences (SAAS).
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