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Borough of Manhattan Community College Olasubomi Ayomide Efuniyi 2017 Valedictorian
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orn in Brooklyn, raised in Lagos, Nigeria by his grandmother. At 16, Olasubomi Ayomide Efuniyi returned to the US and enrolled at BMCC . Majoring in Computer Science, he is a 4.0 student and 2017 Valedictorian. Olasubomi Ayomide Efuniyi is a member of Phi Theta Kappa, the BMCC Debate Team, and the BMCC Student Government Association. He is also a research assistant under the NYC Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology (NYCLSAMP) program. Efuniyi is a graduate of the Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP).
CUNY City University of New York School of Law (CUNY Law)
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hoshana M. Brown is a 2017 graduate of CUNY School of Law. As a grassroots activist at heart, Shoshana was led to CUNY Law in 2014 to pursue her passion for public interest lawyering. Shoshana received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Miami and her Masters of Public Health Degree with a concentration in International Community Health from New York University.
Prior to law school, Shoshana worked as director of programs at Caribbean Women’s Health Association in Brooklyn, which allowed her to address the health and legal disparities faced by many immigrant populations. During law school, Shoshana completed legal internships at the United Nations Tribunal in Cambodia and at the Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights. Shoshana looks forward to contributing meaningful work as a future practicing attorney.
City College of New York (CCNY) Elaine Johnson Shereese Trumpet
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laine Johnson, a SEEK student, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in CCNY’s Psychology Honors Program and a 3.9 GPA. The Harlem resident won a Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship (2015), The Colin Powell Program in Leadership and Service award (2015), and recognition from the Chi Alpha Epsilon National Honor Society, and the psychology international honor society, Psi Chi. She will continue her education doing research on the development of resilience in youth at the University of Cambridge in England before pursuing a PhD in clinical psychology. www.thepositivecommunity.com
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hereese Trumpet, a 2017 graduate with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at CCNY, is one of 20 distinguished minority architects and designers featured in the “Say It Loud’ exhibition, which celebrates the creative work of distinguished black members of the National Organization of Minority Architects, New York Coalition of Black Architects. A native of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trumpet credits a College Now course in architecture for her love of the field and choice of City College. “It’s more competitive and hard to get into, and everyone I spoke to said when you get out of City College, people in the architecture field know that you’re equipped to design buildings,” said the 22-year-old City College Honors Program member. Summer 2017 The Positive Community
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