Addressing Inequities and Disparities
Haja Sannoh is pursuing a career path that will help her represent those lacking the resources to advocate for themselves.
It was love at first sight when Haja Sannoh visited the Towson University campus with her high school’s Minority Scholars Program. Research on TU graduates who attended law school confirmed her decision to attend.
“I knew I wanted to go into the legal field,” says Sannoh. “My professors have exposed me to so many different opportunities,” says Sannoh, an economics and political science major. She received Summer Research Grant for $5,000 from TU to study mortality rates among different races as part of an economics project with Professor Seth Gitter. “The end goal is publication,” she notes.
Through her involvement with Alpha Kappa Psi, the professional co-ed business fraternity, “I gained business skills and had the opportunity to speak with a corporate attorney.”
Sannoh is also driven by a desire to give back to the community and help young people reach their dreams. As a member of MentHer, a mentoring program that pairs TU students with mentors in the business field and pairs high school girls with TU mentors, she visited Randallstown High School to raise student awareness of college as a future option and oversaw a student tour of the TU campus.
As a teacher’s aide in Forest Park High School and mentor in Randallstown High School in Baltimore, “I saw striking differences in the schools in Baltimore City,” describes Sannoh. “Those experiences made me aware of the issues that many people are going through in this country.” With her resolve to be a lawyer strengthened, Sannoh says, “My eyes have been open to injustices. I want to be that person to defend those without the resources to defend themselves.”