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create art, transforming audience perspectives on climate change. Where did you grow up, and why did you choose PLU for undergraduate studies? Ruggeri: I grew up in South Florida and wanted to go out of state for college, specifically a liberal arts college offering a theater program with a directing focus. I hoped to find a smaller community and had summer camp friends who had gone to PLU. And PLU gave me a good scholarship! Knapp: I grew up in Bellingham. I loved growing up there but wanted to

environmental studies and theatre, and the duo drew on their passions to create art, transforming audience perspectives on climate change. Where did you grow up, and why did you choose PLU for undergraduate studies? Ruggeri: I grew up in South Florida and wanted to go out of state for college, specifically a liberal arts college offering a theater program with a directing focus. I hoped to find a smaller community and had summer camp friends who had gone to PLU. And PLU gave me a good scholarship! Knapp: I

and Taiwo discussed #BlackGirlMagic in connection to natural hair and how to introduce supportive initiatives and programs at PWIs. Taiwo said it was exciting to see an audience of people who wanted to discover how they could create better environments for black women. One of the activities Taiwo and Hambrick led during their presentation invited audience members to define what #BlackGirlMagic meant to them. Taiwo said authenticity, community and self-determination were words that came to the