Dr. Black play an innovative role in developing initiatives to impact first-generation student’s success both personally and academically. She has over eight years of experience working to assist students with navigating critical transition points in their lives. As a student alumnus of TRIO and now serving as the program director, Dr. Black have
cultivated spaces that build community, address deficit perspectives and language to change the narrative of first-generation students to an asset-based approach. Dr. Black takes a
holistic approach to success highlighting the social and culture capital students bring to the college environment. Dr. Black create intentional programming that focus on cultivating and elevating the voice of first-generation students lived experience. Dr. Black have developed initiatives such as inaugural campus wide first-generation celebration, identity and career development internship, professionals and student affinity group, first-generation Triumph podcast, and direct touch persistence and completion programs. Community impact projects that helps to cultivate the 5A’s in career development.
