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Ashley B. Johnson-Alford Esq. talks about the pregnancy that caused her to leave Howard University to build a life her child deserves, and the victory lap she took getting a later degree from Howard after finishing her Bachelor’s at Penn.
In this conversation from December 2024, she bares so much as a guest, from being young & not really knowing her body well enough to detect realize she was pregnant, to the story of working for a month to earn the $100 to purchase her first court case files in middle school to follow along with the journey of someone who mattered to her.
She details why she chooses to honor involuntary martyrs, why they matter to her, and why it matters to teach her children to honor family, as well as those who have lost their lives to a war they didn’t sign up for.
After a childhood he describes as challenging, and a young adulthood that included periods of being unhoused and having her daughter eat dinner alongside her during her law school classes, Ashley B Johnson-Alford shares that she is blessed enough to continually bless others & is undoubtedly living the life she thought she would.
A gem of the episode is when she says “Whatever we get is for us to share” and after getting the privilege to hear her story as a Howard Girl in her own words, it’s beyond time for me to share it with you all.
