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La'Tonya Rease Miles

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LT is a trailblazer in first-generation higher education. As a first-gen graduate herself, she has designed groundbreaking programs at UCLA and Loyola Marymount University to support first-gen students. A co-founder of the Black First Gen Collective and My Tribe Media, LT advocates for non-traditional learners and elevates first-gen narratives through scholarly work and digital communities. An avid fan of NBA basketball, college football, and pop culture, she holds a Ph.D. in American literature from UCLA and explores the intersections of first-gen identity and cultural representation in her writing.

Favorite TV show: Friday Night Lights
Favorite superhero: The Flash

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How many schools did YOU attend?

One of the challenges that I faced early on when writing Smart Girl was keeping track of all of the schools that I attended between kindergarten and tenth grade. In total, it was 9. Sometimes I switched during the "off season," i.e., summer. A few times I switched in the middle of the school year.

Like most of us, I just put my head down and got through it, but I realized that I needed to lean int Read more of this blog post »
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AlexandriaLibraryVA: Author Talk: Dr. La'Tonya Rease Miles 1 1 May 02, 2025 07:39AM  
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“Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know.”
Sarah Vowell, The Partly Cloudy Patriot

“The only answer to this, and it isn't an entire answer, said Father Travis, is that God made human beings free agents. We are able to choose good over evil, but the opposite too. And in order to protect our human freedom, God doesn't often, very often at least, intervene. God can't do that without taking away our moral freedom. Do you see?

No. But yeah.

The only thing that God can do, and does all of the time, is to draw good from any evil situation.”
Louise Erdrich, The Round House

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