Going to School in Black and White: Updated Second Edition: A dual memoir of desegregation - Paperback

Waszak Geary, Cindy: - Cindy Waszak Geary graduated from Hillside High School in 1973. She completed undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Northern Arizona University. She worked more than 30 years as a social scientist focused on global health. Based in Chapel Hill, N.C., she travelled often to Africa and Asia as part of her job. Since retiring from her global health work, she continues to live in Chapel Hill, with her husband Ron. After the publication of this book, she wrote a second, Ancestral Landscapes: Finding my place in the world, a collection of essays soon to be published by Torchflame Books. When not writing, she practices yoga, hikes in the woods, takes photographs, and volunteers for social and environmental justice organizations, including the Farm at Penny Lane. She is the mother of two grown children and has one granddaughter.Smith Romocki, Lahoma: - LaHoma Smith Romocki graduated from Hillside High School in 1975. She completed her undergraduate studies at Duke University and received both her masters and doctoral degrees in public health and mass communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She treasures her time in Peace Corps service. In the '80s, she was first a volunteer and then returned as the Associate Peace Corps Director for Health in the Central African Republic. Later, she completed a tour in 2012 as Peace Corps Country Director in Cameroon, Central West Africa. LaHoma is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Health Education in the College of Health and Sciences at North Carolina Central University. where she teaches classes in health communications, global health, and mentors the next generation of public health leaders. She lives in Granville County, N.C., with Tim, her husband of 39 years, also a former Peace Corps Volunteer. She enjoys the love and support of her family, and "good trouble" friends.