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MISSISSIPPI TECH

35, her venture to create a tech hub on 14 acres of vacant lots and derelict buildings in the heart of Jackson, Mississippi, is not a moon shot, but rather a homecoming. For the past four years, Sephus has spent a good part of her time in Atlanta, where she is an applied science manager in artificial intelligence at Amazon. Earlier, she was chief

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