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DaJuan Jackson

First-year Educational Opportunity Program student DaJuan Jackson shares how Brockport’s faculty and staff have supported his academic and personal journey, helping him stay on track and achieve success.

DaJuan Jackson sitting at a table with a notebook out and smiling.

Q: Most influential Brockport person?

A: Tausha Hill, my Educational Opportunity Program Counselor, continues to inspire me, speak life into me, and teach me important ways to grow and take steps to accomplish my goals.

Q: Who do you look up to in the Black Community?

A: Journalism and Social Media Professor, Carvin Eison, is a multi-award-winning filmmaker and documentarian who consistently amplifies Black history and is willing to provide others with a roadmap for doing so in their own spaces.

Q: How has Brockport shaped your future?

A: Being at Brockport has solidified the path that I am walking in and helped me learn more about myself and how to navigate life academically, personally, and professionally.

Q: Advice for success?

A: Dream big, believe in those dreams, and trust the process. You have to be willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish those dreams.

Q: How can others celebrate Black History Month?

A: Celebrate every month life Black History Month and recognize that we are living our ancestors’ wildest dreams.