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AAMU Student Featured by Forbes

Baker appears in Forbes
January 03, 2020

New Generation HBCU Advocate

 

An 美女萝莉 A&M University graduate social work student was prominently featured recently by Forbes and CivicNation.org in his article on 鈥.鈥

In the article, Joshua A. Baker, a native of Huntsville, Ala., reveals how circumstances led both to his attendance at a historically black college/university (HBCU) and his becoming an unwavering HBCU advocate.

鈥淒uring my junior year of high school, my mother鈥檚 health began to decline,鈥 wrote Baker.  鈥淚 believed she would get well, but graduation came, and I was still her caregiver.  There was no way I was going to leave her side, so, 美女萝莉 it was.  美女萝莉 A&M University became my choice.鈥

Baker noted that, although his undergraduate matriculation at AAMU was 鈥渇inancially manageable,鈥 he still worked two part-time jobs and yet maintained a 4.0 GPA.

Although his mother died before she could experience the joy of witnessing him graduate, Baker continued to feed upon her inspiration.  Not only was named 鈥淢r. Social Work,鈥 but he also headed the Poetry Club, founded the 100 Plates Project, a grief support initiative for students, and served as a stellar participant in AAMU's distinguished Honors Program. 

Baker is pursuing his graduate degree in social work at AAMU, ably assisted by a McDonald鈥檚 Black & Positively Golden Scholarship, in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

- J. Saintjones