My profession and academic philosophy in higher education was influenced initially by attending Texas Southern University. Those years at Texas Southern University have been the richest and most rewarding experiences in my life for 31/2 years. Many professors of the University continue to serve as my mentors. Academia continues to be the professional outlet for the pursuit of my continued interests and research in the advancement of African Americans and other minorities in higher education. My way of acknowledging my education is giving a majority voice to be heard on minority issues.
As a counselor educator, I have many responsibilities such as; active research, the attentiveness in areas of mental, social, emotional, and physical health and expertise within the counseling profession-- but, also being regarded as a infinite resource for students, colleagues and my community. Students come to college and universities with individual abilities, motivations, attitudes, goals, and diverse cultural backgrounds. I believe that one of my purposes in life is to explore and motivate their talents, resources, and assist with their educational development. Success with these endeavors, I will attain my desired effigy of being called a “student’s” professor! As a counselor, there is a quote that I live by and it goes like this "…If you learn from your suffering, and really come to understand the lesson you were taught, you might be able to help someone else who's now in the phase you may have just completed. Maybe that's what it's all about after all. . ."
I received my doctoral degree in Counselor Education from Texas Southern University, a Historically Black University, Master’s, and Bachelor’s degrees in Psychology from the University of Houston, all in Texas. Yes, a true Texan! I was raised on a small farm in Houston, Texas and have the title of being the first generation professional and scholar.
I enjoy translating Latin and
will close with a verse I believe is one of the
reasons I am at Regent University.
“Et aures tuæ audient verbum post tergum monentis: Hæc est via, ambulate in ea: et non declinetis neque ad dexteram, neque ad sinistram” Isaiah 30:21, NAS.
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