As Senior Advisor at Rockingham Early College, Valencia Abbott said: "I didn't choose teaching. Teaching came to get me. It chose me. This was my purpose."
YOU'VE GOT GRIT, Valencia Abbott of Reidsville and Ruffin! This mother, grandmother, history teacher and scholar activist loves Rockingham County because "this is my home and the birthplace of my family." Growing up she always had her head in a book and since seventh grade she was determined to go to college. As Senior Advisor at Rockingham Early College, she said: "I didn't choose teaching. Teaching came to get me. It chose me. This was my purpose." Rather than a hobby, her passion is "the past, 19th century, southern history focusing on the Black experience, the struggle, the survival, the strength through slavery."
"I hope when I create a program or do a lecture, I touch someone," Abbott emphasizes. "Your skills, talents and gifts are meant for something beyond yourself. That's when you find peace and strength to go on."
Rockingham County Government and Spectrum 1304 look forward to presenting more local residents who can be described as
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