Valuing Education 
How my grandma in Ghana helped me reclaim my American Dream
Vanessa Nyarko grew up with one of the most intelligent and fantastic people she knew: her grandmother Antieakua. Her grandmother lacked any formal education but Nyarko writes, "she wanted to make sure that I learned everything in the world to make up for her loss." But when Nyarko went to college it wasn't the dream she imagined it would be.
(more)Vanessa NyarkoApril 19, 2014