UAA Conversations About Race and Racism: Monica Harrison
Monica Harrison is the Carnegie Mellon University Head Softball Coach and NCAA Athletics Diversity and Inclusion Designee. She was named the program’s inaugural head coach in 2017 and the team began play in the spring of 2019. She earned her bachelor’s degree in economics with a concentration in sociology, andContinue Reading
Oakland’s George Hofstetter: Using Tech as a Social Justice Superpower
Growing up in East Oakland, now 20-year-old George Hofstetter believes it was inevitable that he would be focused on doing impactful work. “There is power in where I live and the people I grew up around between family and revolutionaries. I grew up spending time with Angela Davis. On Halloween,Continue Reading
UAA Conversations About Race and Racism: Tianna Cobb
Tianna Cobb is entering her third year as Assistant Athletic Trainer in the Case Western Reserve University Sports Medicine Department. She received her bachelor’s degree from Baldwin Wallace University with a double major in athletic training and pre-physical therapy, while minoring in biology and orthopedic assessment and treatment. Cobb earnedContinue Reading
NCAA Division III Commissioners Portia Hoeg and Patrick Summers: Leading Important Discussions About Race in College Athletics Administration
For NCAA Division III commissioners Portia Hoeg and Patrick Summers, being the only people of color in their positions has been starkly divergent. “Throughout my time on campuses and in the commissioner’s chair, I have been the only black woman. It is important to pursue issues of diversity and inclusion,Continue Reading
MacKenzie River Foy: Imagining a Better World
After being laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March, Georgetown University graduate and multitalented MacKenzie River Foy combined her skills and interests to create Village X (pronounced Village 10), a community centered around good food and fiction. Each month she produces a magazine that she described as anContinue Reading
Layes Hussain: Artist Shares His Gift and Positive Outlook
Self-taught artist Layes Hussain began painting as a hobby, turning it into his sustaining and fulfilling career. An avid reader who always drew and doodled as a kid, he came across the work of both authors and artists. “When I saw the works of the artists, I thought, ‘I thinkContinue Reading






