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Navigating College Essays

As senior year has started for myself and many other seniors, the college application process has been a rollercoaster of confusion, stress, excitement, self-doubt, and a collection of several other emotions. Because many of those likely reading this are ambitious, career oriented individuals looking towards applying to college in the near future, I thought it would be helpful to share some ideas and free resources that I have found helpful in the process of writing my applic

Arkansas Activist: Brownie Ledbetter

Mary Brown Williams Ledbetter, commonly known as Brownie Ledbetter, was an activist who worked in Arkansas campaigns along with national and international ones. She helped grassroots organizations and was dedicated to fair education. Ledbetter was born in 1932 in Little Rock. By 1950, she was orphaned and she and her 3 siblings were raised by relatives. After her graduation at Little Rock High School, she went to Agnes Scott college in Georgia, but left without her degree. At

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