Themes:
Youth Programs
Non-Profits
Education - Charter, Private & Parochial Schools
Education - Ravenswood City School District
People of EPA
Local Businesses
Crime - Drugs
Sports & Recreation
Subjects:
Minnie Puckett, Peter Evans, Heather Searns, Lerisa Sherina Puckett, Rufus Puckett, Jr., Steven Wilkerson, Olatunde Sobomehin, Christina Thompson, Live In Peace, St. Elizabeth Seton, Rufus Puckett, Sr., Sherina Lenise Burnett, LaShay Sonya Ashford, Keshawn Kelvin Rufus Ashford
Date of Creation or Publication:
4/20/2024
Creator
Meda Okelo
Donor
Lerisa Sherina Puckett
Language
English
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Interview of Lerisa Sherina Puckett by Meda Okelo. Topics include: moving in with grandparents on Fordham around 1977 when she was three years old; experience attending private schools; growing up on Fordham; East Palo Alto Little League, Nobata Yero and other youth activities; support of her EPA village raising her child while attending Foothill College; working at RCSD as a teacher’s aide; choosing East Palo Alto Charter School rather than RCSD for her child’s schooling; drugs and funerals in the early 90s; notable people at local non-profits; and her vision for East Palo Alto.
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