#LLABlog – Meet Lt. Christine Angel Hughes, Founder of Sisters Of The Skies
Lt. Christine Angel Hughes, currently a U.S. Coast Guard pilot, founded the organization in 2015. Hughes is one of four children, born to Haitian immigrants in New Jersey, and had the idea and determination to become a pilot at a very young age. “I first realized I wanted a career in aviation when I […]
#LLANews – Isabel Wilkerson Receives Inaugural NYU/Axinn Foundation Prize
Isabel Wilkerson, the author of the award-winning The Warmth of Other Suns, is the recipient of the inaugural NYU/Axinn Foundation Prize, which recognizes distinguished work in literary narrative nonfiction. The honour includes a cash award of $100,000. Isabel Wilkerson is the first African-American woman winner of the Pulitzer Prize for journalism. She is also the […]