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Juke joints with Coca- Cola signs faded from the sun and washed by many rains sat back in graveled parking lots acting as ticket booths to the occasional shotgun house or single-wide. They were surrounded by sparse forested areas that rushed through my line of sight as I was driven into my new hometown. I felt disillusioned as I watched the run-down hoods of Greenwood, Mississippi, pass my window. It was at that point that I realized that then, more than any other time in my twelve years of living that I wanted to do something to improve my community, the Mississippi Delta, and myself. As I worked my way diligently through middle and high school, my strength in science revealed itself and my love for the subject grew. My mother encouraged me to apply to the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science. That was the best decision I have ever made in my academic life. There, I was not only exposed to cutting edge education in the sciences, but also some of the best humanities professors in the state. Being in an environment with other like minded young people motivated me to ...

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