Theresa Wright-Atwood:  

It was most unfortunate that I had to run away from an abusive home life in NJ. My step grandmother lived on the 4000 block of Madison Avenue, across from Newsome Park. Grandma Martha provided shelter for me during my 8th grade school year at G W Carver High School. Despite segregation, it was a rich and rewarding experience for me to be surrounded by loving African American peers and staff members. I had come from a NJ school district in which there were very few African Americans students or staff. My return home led to eventual foster care. As much as I would like to have been a Carver High Graduate, that is not the case. Classmates picked the wrong school and I am not able to correct the error. I graduated from Camden High School in Camden, NJ with the Mighty Revolutionary Class of 1968. We demonstrated and closed down the school in a demand for a more inclusive curriculum that included African American History, etc... I worked in many vocations before attending community college and beginning a career in the field of education. Those jobs included working as a cashier, a nanny, a factory worker, a telephone solicitor and a receptionist/secretary at the African American YMCA in Camden, NJ. Attained an AS Degree in 1978 and a BA Degree in Education with certification in Special Education in 1987. Graduated...Expand for more