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Now a third-year law student at Howard University, Ms. Harding reflects on the Adelphi听experiences that fueled a career of nonprofit leadership and social service.

鈥淚 am a third-year law student at the Howard University School of Law. After graduating听from Adelphi, I received my master鈥檚 degree from the University of Chicago鈥檚 School听of Social Service Administration. I have spent over 10 years in the nonprofit sector,听beginning as a social worker and culminating as an education administrator in New York听City and Washington, D.C., prior to beginning law school. My last full-time position was听serving as the assistant director of the Office of Federal Grants and Programs within the听District of Columbia Public Schools.

My experience in student government (S.G.A.) and in other organizations at Adelphi听provided me with early exposure to working with different personalities鈥攑eople听with differing and competing interests鈥攁nd building consensus among such people.听It also fueled my desire to function as an advocate for those whose voices tend to be听marginalized or ignored in their community at large.

As S.G.A. president (1996鈥�1997), I developed project management, communication and听analytic skills that the typical student may not have since I had to ensure that S.G.A. and听the student senate functioned well, communicate with the varied AU student constituency听and think in a broad and nuanced manner about the issues facing students and the听institution.鈥�