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Where are you from?
Owensboro, Kentucky.
What is your favorite field of study/topic?
It’s a toss-up between philosophy and journalism.
What is something you would like people to know about you as a student?
As a student, I love to be challenged. I want to garner every single grade that I can from hard work. Most of all, I learn so that I can teach my community — my village.
What does being a part of NPEP mean to you?
NPEP is an opportunity to learn from a bevy of great minds on how to be a leader, learner, scholar, and humble. It is a place where I can create my own well-being according to the way I conduct my mind, mouth, and heart. Most of all, NPEP has reminded me that my failures in life come from not realizing my nearness to success when I give up.
What course has had the biggest impact on you and why?
Borders Literature with Professor John Alba Cutler. This class allowed me the opportunity to examine the borders that have existed in my life. It also granted me the opportunity to explore my heritage as far as who I am in this world.
What is your favorite book or article that you have read in your NPEP classes?
“Luna Gale” by Rebbeca Gilman. I was impressed by how she weaved such an awesome story of family dynamics and the problems most young addicted parents face in our country. Besides, I cry over everything nowadays.
What assignment (paper, project, homework) have you found the most rewarding?
I really enjoyed writing my final biology paper/project for Anne D’Aquino, Ph.D. I wrote it to try to show her that I was really working hard in her class and she let me know that I had a knack for science. I am waiting for possible publication in Helix and beyond.
Demetrice’s featured work:
D.C. wrote a eulogy for Professor Karen Daniel shortly after her passing in December 2019:
Read D.C.’s short essays on community, humility, and enjoying the process: