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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Mason, C. Nicole, 1976-     Subjects     Mason, C. Nicole, 1976-     Mason, C. Nicole, 1976- -- Childhood and youth.     Women educators, Black -- United States -- Biography.     Women educators -- United States -- Biography.     Educators, Black -- United States -- Biography.     Women, Black -- United States -- Biography     Blacks -- Biography.     Gifted women -- Biography.     Successful people -- United States -- Biography.     Poor children -- United States -- Biography.     Inner cities -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.     Homeless persons -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Mason, C. Nicole, 1976-       by title:      Born bright : a youn...       by call number:      LP 370.92 M398b     Search the Web     Mason, C. Nicole, 1976-     Mason, C. Nicole, 1976-     Mason, C. Nicole, 1976- -- Childhood and youth.     Women educators, Black -- United States -- Biography.     Women educators -- United States -- Biography.     Educators, Black -- United States -- Biography.     Women, Black -- United States -- Biography     Blacks -- Biography.     Gifted women -- Biography.     Successful people -- United States -- Biography.     Poor children -- United States -- Biography.     Inner cities -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.     Homeless persons -- United States -- Biography.       MARC Display

Born bright : a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America / C. Nicole Mason. by Mason, C. Nicole, 1976- Center Point Large Print, 2017. Call #: LP 370.92 M398b Subjects Mason, C. Nicole, 1976-   Mason, C. Nicole, 1976- -- Childhood and youth.   Women educators, Black -- United States -- Biography.   Women educators -- United States -- Biography.   Educators, Black -- United States -- Biography.   Women, Black -- United States -- Biography   Blacks -- Biography.   Gifted women -- Biography.   Successful people -- United States -- Biography.   Poor children -- United States -- Biography.   Inner cities -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.   Homeless persons -- United States -- Biography. ISBN:  9781683242345 (hc.) Edition:  Center Point Large Print edition. Description:  384 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. Notes:  Originally published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. Summary:  "Born in the 1970s in Los Angeles, California, Mason was raised by a beautiful, but volatile 16-year-old single mother. Early on, she learned to navigate between an unpredictable home life and school where she excelled. By high school, Mason was seamlessly straddling two worlds. The first, in which street smarts, toughness and the ability to survive won the day. The other, foreign and unfamiliar with its own set of rules, not designed for her success. In her Advanced Placement classes and outside of her neighborhood, she felt unwelcomed and judged because of the way she talked, dressed and wore her hair. After moving to Las Vegas to live with her paternal grandmother, she worked nights at a food court in one of the Mega Casinos while finishing school. Having figured out the college application process by eavesdropping on the few white kids in her predominantly Black and Latino school along with the help of a long ago high school counselor, Mason eventually boarded a plane for Howard University, alone and with $200 in her pocket. While showing us her own path out of poverty, Mason examines the conditions that make it nearly impossible to escape and exposes the presumption harbored by many - that the poor don't help themselves enough. Dr. C. Nicole Mason is the Executive Director of the Center for Research and Policy in the Public Interest and she has taught at Spelman College and New York University. Her writing and commentary has appeared in major newspapers and outlets across the country. Visit her website at cnicolemason.com"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Autobiographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Bedford Public Library Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 370.92 M398b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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