FACES OF JAG
Meet our students and hear their stories of hope, resilience and achievement.
Dr. Darren Blackston
Darren Blackston, a member of JAG’s inaugural cohort, went from struggling academically to earning a college basketball scholarship, and a doctorate in education, eventually becoming becoming a professor of graduate research and public policy at Delaware State University. Learn more about how JAG helped him get there.
Meet Nyla: From Shrinking to Shining
“I didn’t know how to answer,” Nyla recalls. “Not because I didn’t have dreams, but because somewhere along the way, I stopped believing I deserved them.”
Born in New York, she was a child of “big heart and bigger light.” But life wasn’t always easy. Frequent moves and a constant sense of not fitting in caused her to retreat. “I started shrinking myself,” she says…
