Here is part two of the interview with Jourdan Bennett-Begaye. Jourdan comes from Nenahnezaad, New Mexico. She is a reporter and producer at Indian Country Today. Her college journey is a story for sure. In the interview, I asked Jourdan to explain her college journey from high school to today, and her response was nearly 40 minutes long - she went straight to Emory University in Georgia, transferred to a couple schools, also completed a study abroad program, and then finished at Fort Lewis College. From her experiences, Jourdan tells us that Navajo college graduates can give back to their community by continuing to share stories - sharing their life experiences related to college and in this way contributing to the intergenerational transmission of knowledge on what it means to be Navajo in the 21st century.

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Twitter: @jourdanbb

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