To a Degree
Apr 26, 2022
3 minutes
BY AMANDA WOYTUS
r. La Tonia Collins Smith, recently appointed president of Harris-Stowe State University, calls herself a “village kid.” It’s a nod to the community—the grandparents, aunts, uncles, great-aunts and –uncles, and cousins—who stepped up to raise her after her mother died when Collins Smith was 7. But her teachers were important, too, including the one who supported the second-grader the year after her mom passed away. Collins Smith, who is from The Ville, originally thought she wanted
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