Saturday, December 29, 2018

In the News ... "LaQuiera Gantt helps Abilene, area girls build self esteem"

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• Empowerment conference planned for Feb. 23 at McMurry University

By Carl Kieke, Reporter
Abilene Reporter-News

ABILENE, TEXAS - Four years ago LaQuiera Gantt saw a need among high school girls she was helping to counsel, especially girls of color.

“I noticed a lot of girls of color wanted to talk about self esteem,” she said. “Particularly about their natural hair and not liking it.”

That led to the start of a natural hair club, with Gantt being among the first to stop using chemicals on her own hair ...

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