Ron Brown scholar program: Doing well by doing good
Such a student may be unimaginable for some. But in the 25 years since the program was founded, at the University of Virginia, Mallory has met thousands of young people who fit that profile.
His father drank too much alcohol, he said, adding, “You know what can happen after that.” But he also had an older sister, Connie, “my protector,” he called her, who encouraged him to take his education seriously. Along with lettering in three varsity sports at Madison County High School, Mallory went on to become the school’s junior class president and, during his senior year, president of the student council. After graduation, he was accepted at the University of Virginia — honoring Connie by becoming the first in the family to go to college.
When she was 17, her father was sentenced to 99 years in prison for a crime in which no one was hurt. They were recently reunited, after 25 years. Norice-Tra had pressed on in the meantime — receiving both an MD and PhD from Columbia, supported by her fellow Ron Brown scholars and serving on the board of the Frederick Douglass Project for Justice along the way.
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