How Access and Mentorship Can Open Doors in the Black Community

Jan 6, 2022 9:00 AM ET
Jonet Johnson visits Virginia Senator Yvonne Miller’s office as a student participating in the Project Discovery program.
Jonet Johnson visits Virginia Senator Yvonne Miller’s office as a student participating in the Project Discovery program.

Originally published by the AFRO

By Jonet Johnson, AVP and Associate Experience Manager at T. Rowe Price 

I still remember standing at the bus stop at 5:15 a.m., waiting for the empty school bus to pull up in my neighborhood. My mother was always nearby, waiting in the car (at 14 years old, I was “too cool” to sit in the car with her) until the bus arrived and we pulled off, heading out to make the long trek to my out-of-district high school.

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