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CHID Alum '16, Jennifer Smith dropped out of high school in the 9th grade, came back to get her GED 16 years later and has since earned a double degree in CHID and History. She will start graduate school in the History Department autumn quarter. As an undergraduate, Smith researched and produced an analysis of a cross-cultural debate on managing populations of wild horses on the Yakima Tribal Lands.
"To have other people see that there is value in me as an academic, in my research, has been wonderful."
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