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Welcome Henrietta Lacks' Grandchildren


Monroe Community College is pleased to welcome, Veronica Spencer and David Lacks, Jr.  They represent the Lacks family on the National Institute of the Science’s panel that reviews applications to conduct research using the HeLa genome.  Veronica Spencer is Henrietta Lacks’ great granddaughter.  Inspired by Henrietta’s story, she is currently studying to become a registered nurse at Baltimore City Community College.  She is also a mentor at Johns Hopkins for Dunbar Scholars and a very active member of the Lacks Family Foundation.  David Lacks, Jr., is the grandson of Henrietta Lacks and son of David “Sonny” Lacks.  David possesses a degree in computer information systems and has traveled around the United States and Canada setting up computer systems and labs for companies and educational institutions.  He lends his talent into helping create and maintain the Lacks family website.

The Henrietta Lacks Family will visit MCC on Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Noon - Damon City Campus, Room 4193 (MCC College Community Only)
Free to MCC Students, Faculty and Staff
Tickets Required and available at www.monroecctickets.com

7:00 p.m. – Brighton Campus, Warshof Conference Center, R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center (Monroe A&B)
Free to MCC Students, Faculty and Staff
$7.00 General Public
Tickets Required and available at www.monroecctickets.com

    Jodi Oriel
    Office of Student Life and Leadership Development
    02/12/2014