African Studies 101 Student Profiles

Flashcards containing names and defining background information, majors, and facts for students in African Studies 101.

Ryan Clayton

Sophomore Honors Business Management Major and Sociology Minor from Harlem, New York, who has $12$ piercings and was born on $December\,13,\,2006$.

Monroe Russell

Sophomore Biology Major with Chemistry and Spanish Minors from West Orange, New Jersey, who went to mandarin school for $7$ years and was born at $3:33\,am$.

Cydney Everett

Sophomore International Affairs major from Atlanta, GA, who has attended the junior olympics twice and comes from a family that has only attended HBCUs.

Sasha Stark

Sophomore Sociology Major from Westchester, New York, who is originally from the US Virgin Islands and born in Georgia.

Sari Zinnerman

Sophomore Honors Psychology Major and Spanish Minor from Chicago, Illinois, who is an RA in Quad and plans to be a school psychologist.

Kaylin Robinson

Sophomore Business Management Major from Atlanta, Georgia, who has traveled to over $20$ countries and stayed in Spain for over a month.

Vision Porter

Junior Psychology major with Legal Communications & Political Science double minors from Chesapeake, Virginia, whose name originates from Habakkuk $2:2$.

Lyndsy Joseph

Junior Afro American Studies Major and English Minor from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who is a published author and section leader of the Tenor Drum battery in the marching band.

Amara Mendes

Sophomore Honors Psychology and Criminology Double Major from Boston, MA, who is fluent in ASL and speaks $3$ languages.

Veronica Slater

Sophomore Biology major and Chemistry minor from Tampa, Florida, who aspires to become a Prosthodontist and was in the QuadDrew pageant.

Lailah Kofie

Junior Public Relations major and Women’s Studies minor from Annapolis, MD, who skipped $1st$ grade and wants to be a crisis manager.

Nya-Grace Young

Sophomore Criminology Major and Legal Communications Minor from Toronto, Canada, who played for the Guyana Women’s National Team $3x$.

Mila Thomas

Sophomore Honors Chemistry and Biology Double Major with a Russian Minor from Charlotte, NC, who is the founder of the non-profit Hopeful Healing.

Kyndall Winston

Sophomore African American Studies major and Secondary Education minor from Houston, Texas, who serves as Chief of Staff for the Howard University Student Association.

Hailey A. Smith

Sophomore Sports Medicine Major and Dance Minor from Atlanta, GA, who is an equipment manager for the football team and of West Indian descent.

Kyla Richardson

Junior Supply Chain Management Major from Suwanee, Georgia, who is an introverted extrovert and high school cheerleader.

Kendal Fitzhugh

Sophomore Political Science and Philosophy double major from Canton, Michigan, who aspires to get a PhD. in Political Science with a focus in Political theory.

Morgan Horsey

Sophomore Business Management Major from Snellville, GA, whose middle name is Reese and aspires to be a corporate attorney.

Aamori Freeman

Junior Computer Science Major and Mathematics Minor from Baltimore, MD, who has been doing graphic design for $9$ years.

Savannah Phillips

Sophomore Economics Major from Chicago, IL, who founded a financial literacy program called the Power of a Dollar.

Kyla Falconer

Senior Marketing Major from Harlem, New York, who had $33$ birthday parties by the age of $11$.

Jaida Nutall

Senior Dance Major from Washington D.C., who was born with polydactyly and has attended $10$ different schools.

Sydney Helstone

Junior Honors Mathematics major and Health Education minor from Brooklyn, NY, who is Haitian & Surinamese and nicknamed Giggles.

Taryn Young

Senior Honors Finance Major and Film Minor from Alexandria, Virginia, who is the co-founder of the Business Media and Entertainment Club (BMEC).

Charli Jones

Junior Business Management Major and Legal Communications Minor from Glenside, PA, who is a $3rd$ generation HBCU student.

Kai Carter

Junior Health Science Major from Charlotte, NC, who once met the Obamas and is a member of the pre-med track.

Nia-Simone Williams

Junior Nursing Major from Atlanta, Georgia, who aspires to be a Labor and Delivery nurse focusing on maternal and child disparities.

Seynabou Diop

Senior Finance Major from Virginia Beach, VA, who is Senegalese and a middle child of $9$ siblings.

Zuri Giscombe

Sophomore Honors International Affairs major with French and Spanish minors from Chapel Hill, NC, whose middle name Hadiyah means gift from God.

Jasmine Johnson

Sophomore Architecture Major from Miami, Florida, who had an art piece in the North Miami Museum of Contemporary Art.

Jayla Washington

Senior Health Science Major from Queens, NY, who owns the on-campus waxing business Keepinupwitwaxes.

Chloe Alston

Senior Honors Biology major with a Triple Minor from Wake Forest, NC, who is a certified personal trainer.

India Crowe

Sophomore Honors Sociology Major and Dance Minor from Hampton, Georgia, who is distantly related to the Pope.

Nadia Watkins

Sophomore Honors Accounting Major from Washington, DC, who is Haitian and Vincentian and can solve $4$ types of Rubik’s cubes.

Gabrielle Moore-Lee

Senior Public Relations Major and Political Science Minor from Waldorf, MD, who serves as the social media editor for the Hilltop.

Alexia Burford

Junior Honors Psychology major and Afro-American Studies minor from Chesapeake, VA, who plans to obtain a PhD. in Developmental Psychology.

Madisen York

Junior Sports Medicine Major with Chemistry & Psychology double minors from Atlanta, GA, who is hyperlexic and traveled to $30$ states.

Laur Vaught

Sophomore Marketing major from Detroit, Michigan, who is Yoruba and has flown a plane.

Christina Astrid Sime

Junior Biology major and Chemistry minor from Yaoundé, Cameroon, who has been dancing for $18$ years.

Kubura Issah

Junior International Business Major and Political Science Minor from Acton, MA, who teaches English in $5$ countries and models.

Onyeka Osakwe

Junior Economics major and Political Science minor from Montgomery County, MD, whose name means Who is greater than God? No one.

Mariah Washington

Senior Business Management Major from Charlotte, NC, who worked as a hairstylist for the Missy Elliott & Ciara Tour.

Gabrielle Nelson

Junior Chemical Engineering Major from Cincinnati, Ohio, who is on the Howard Women’s Lacrosse team.

Jamariya Smith

Junior Finance Major from Chicago, Illinois, who has a $58$ day win-streak on LinkedIn games.

Dazhaî Brown

Senior Television and Film major from Newark, NJ, who is a licensed retired cosmetologist and married for $3$ years.

Mariah Havener

Junior Criminology & Bioethics double-major and Biology minor from Sacramento, CA, who has a black belt in MMA.

Laci Brown

Junior Biology major and Chemistry Minor from St. Petersburg, FL, who wants to be a pediatric neurosurgeon.

Rashada Kaba

Sophomore Honors Psychology Major and Afro-American Studies Minor from Elizabeth, NJ, who studied abroad in Senegal.

Jasmyne James

Junior Mathematics Major with Business Administration & Secondary Education double minors from Columbia, SC, who founded Beyond The Proof Scholars.

Madison Council

Junior Political Science major with English and Community Development double minors from Charlotte, NC, who aspires to practice constitutional law in NYC.

Onyinyechukwu Ikeako

Junior Nursing Major from Baltimore, Maryland, who is an RA at College Hall North and has over $40k$ followers on TikTok.

Lauren Lipscomb

Senior International Affairs Major and Sociology Minor from Boston, MA, who interned in Paris for $2$ months during the summer of $2025$.

Dylan Welborne

Senior Biology Major with Chemistry and Community Health double minors from Lawrenceville, NJ, who has a younger brother as a sophomore at Howard.

Sophie (Safiya) Mohamed

Senior Criminology Major and Political Science Minor from Atlanta, GA, who is half Somalian.

Paige Thomas

Senior Health Science Major from Atlanta, GA, who plans to work within Oncology and is a poet.