Ayesha Rasco was once a shy student at Southern High School at Durham.
Now, despite being known as Southern School of Energy and Sustainability, Rascoe said the school still looks very high.
“This is a big, full-cycle moment,” he said, after walking through the hallway for the first time in years. “It looks familiar in a way. But by pulling red and overhang, I like, ‘Yes, I’m back!”
The 2003 Alumna’s class was once editor -in -chief of the school newspaper. She says she discovered her love for journalism, but could not even know her ability. As a student, he said that he spent a lot of time in the library. This was the same place where she was sitting with Waral’s Destin Patterson to talk about Durham’s visit to DC.
Rasco said, “If Little Ayesha saw me, she will be surprised, but I hope she will really be happy. I think she will really be proud,” Rasco said, is getting choke. “It’s hard, because being shy, I think there is a lot of self-doubt … I think what I will say to myself is more capable than what you feel.”
Rascoe became a white house reporter covering three presidential administration. He is currently the NPR host for “Weekend Edition Sunday” and “Up First “‘s Saturday episodes. While he has received respect in the field in his years, he has also faced criticism for his southern provoking. However, she tells Wral News that she will not be when she talks about being true for herself.
“When someone says that you are not professional or you are lazy and you know that the work you are putting can feel hurt,” Rascoe said. “At this point, I am convinced in my delivery. You know what I am saying, even if I have an pronunciation, even if my vowels are slightly different.”
Ayesha Rasco hosts “Up First “‘s Saturday episode” Weekend Edition Sunday “and Saturday episode on NPR. He is a Durham native and has deliberately maintained his southern pronunciation.
Rascoe said that historically his experience at Black University, Howard University has designed him for both his career successes and challenges.
“This helped me know why these things happen, that it is not really about me, personally,” she said. “This is about this, they do not use someone who feels like me, which looks like me in my position.”
Lessons and experiences gather inside such a book “HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience”. It is a collection of well -known and upcoming Essays written by Opra Winfrey and Stacey Abrams and upcoming HBCU alumni.
“There were never any graduates of HBCU before, in their own words, told about their own stories why to go to an HBCU,” Rasco said, when asked about the importance of the book.
After several stops across the country, his book visited Chapel Hill on Tuesday.
“I hope with my work, and through God’s grace, that I can expand the expectations of the people, so it’s not surprising when you hear me,” he said. “This is, hopefully, for some child growing up,” Oh, this is what the news seems. “