# @howard1867 on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BM9KwuJha4O
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16487163-howard1867-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2016-11-18T15:00:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Howard University (@howard1867) — https://gondola.cc/howard1867

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When I think of home, I think of two places: my hometown, Detroit, Michigan, and Howard University.  I call #Howard home because it is where I truly began to grow into the woman that I find in the mirror today.  What I know for sure is not another university on this planet could have adequately prepared me for my adult life and professional career.  Howard gave me a sense of identity; Howard gave me a glimpse into my potential; Howard introduced me to a village that has lifted me up and carried me for close to two decades.  As a graduate of the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Computer Sciences, a computer programming student turned patent attorney, and as an African-American woman, I constantly operate in spaces where it would be completely possible for me to feel inadequate and unsupported.  But as an alumna of our fair alma mater, I never doubt my own abilities, I walk with a sense of confidence and purpose, and I excel despite the challenges placed before me.  And I understand that it is my responsibility to excel, so that the person coming behind me can do the same, but a little easier.  For molding me into who I am today, I thank you, Howard University…and as I continue to sail life’s rugged seas, I will always and forever sing of thee. - Shaton Menzie,Esq. B.S. c/o '04
#Journeyto150 #HowardU150 #BisonWomenRock

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