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About Defining Ghetto
Defining Ghetto is a storytelling initiative, platform, and podcast challenging stereotypes around the word ghetto, amplifying untraditional paths to higher education and beyond.
Featured Episodes
Out NowNikia Denetha Durgin
Born into homelessness, a mother at 16, formerly incarcerated — now a Rhetoric major owning her story.
Kamilah Cable
Proof that where you grow up doesn't have to decide who you become.
Out NowJaime Alvarez
6 years to finish community college, now a Physics grad student at MIT.
Out NowPaul "PJ" Holland-Smith
Growing up in South Central LA, PJ refused to let other people's assumptions decide what he's capable of.

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