MultiDisciplinary
Anterior Cruciate Ligaments
By Alexis Jenkins
Alexis Jenkins definitely is very active from the start. Sports have always been her passion; growing up, you could always catch her outside at the softball field playing with her high school, tournament team, or family. This all was until she had an almost career-ending injury occur not just once but twice. Luckily, she could continue to play two years of college softball, but she always wondered why tearing your ACL, also known as your Anterior Cruciate Ligament, was such a big deal. Now years later, she is a Senior here at Millersville studying Sports Journalism. After graduation, she plans to work her way into the ESPN world to eventually become an ESPN Broadcast Journalist.
Spoken Word
by Alexandra Jean-Paul
“As a spoken word artist, I take pride in defining my work as unapologetic. As a young Haitian-American female, there are many barriers automatically set against my character; however, my poetry speaks for more than just race or feminism. My poetry brings to surface the conversations that many shy away from or heavily avoid due to political correctness.”
About the Author
Alexandra is sociology and criminology major at Millersville University who is speaking her mind and not apologizing for it. After moving from Brooklyn, New York to a small Pennsylvania town, Alexandra worked through her culture shock using poetry and developing her unapologetic style with learning the adapt and rebel to the small town culture. She focuses on stereotypes that weigh heavily on African American communities to illuminate the injustice of oppression and show that individuals are more than a stereotype. Her spoken word is both extremely relevant in light of the recent #BlackLivesMatter movement and atrocities done against African American communities. In her future projects, Alexandra looks to continue inspiring others with her voice to bring truth forward and not apologizing for it.