Let’s get right to the point: Kiara Kabbara can and probably will do anything she sets her mind to. So don’t bet against her becoming the first Black U.S. senator from Texas and then U.S. secretary of education. With a wide-open smile and an easy laugh, she radiates the kind of charisma that comes in handy for politicians. At her core, Kabbara, one of our outstanding graduates from the class of 2022, cares most about two interrelated ideas: representation and equity. As for representation, she says seeing other Black women in leadership positions is paramount, and she is doing her part: She is UT’s first Black female Student Government president in 31 years. When it came time for college, Kabbara, a basketball player, considered walking on at Kansas. But after praying, consulting with her parents and assembling a full ride’s worth of scholarships, Texas became the obvious choice. She was recruited into the University Leadership Network, which includes scholarships and other student s...