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Legacy: The Leadership Stories of Black Women Students at Hispanic Serving Institutions  \nPermalink  \n[https://escholarship.org/uc/item/47f2c81v](https://escholarship.org/uc/item/47f2c81v)  \nAuthor  \nWatkins, Shanelle  \nPublication Date  \n2025  \nPeer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation  \n[eScholarship.org](eScholarship.org) Powered by the California Digital Library  \nUniversity of California  \nUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO  \nCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS  \nRooted in Resistance, Raised in Legacy: The Leadership Stories of Black Women Students at  \nHispanic Serving Institutions  \nA dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of  \nEducation  \nin  \nEducational Leadership  \nby  \nShanelle Watkins  \nCommittee in Charge:  \nUniversity of California San Diego  \nProfessor Sherice N. Clarke, Chair  \nProfessor Alan Daly  \nCalifornia State University San Marcos  \nProfessor Brooke Soles  \nCopyright Shanelle Watkins, 2025  \nAll rights reserved  \nThe dissertation of Shanelle Watkins is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication and microfilm and electronically.  \nUniversity of California San Diego  \nCalifornia State University, San Marcos  \n2025  \nDedication  \nTo my seventh grade self. Shanelle, your converse shoes, hello kitty paper, and beautiful chocolate skin had always been enough, although folks did not see it back then. 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