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Alecia Smith

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Alecia Smith is a PhD candidate in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education. Through her research, her social media management jobs, and her persistently curious nature, she spends her life absorbing and sharing information and striving to better understand the lives of others. She hopes her work will help encourage racial equality and understanding among all people.

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