“When I took my 3-year-old son Julian onstage to see my master’s hooding, I did not realize Dean Jamal would ask if he wanted to help hood me,” the mom said A recent graduation ceremony turned out to ...

"That moment, when he hooded me on stage, was so emotional." For one New Jersey mom, it has been a whirlwind year. Natasha S. Alford took a part-time sabbatical from her job as a journalist at TheGrio ...

A proud master's graduate gave his immigrant parents an emotional thank you for their sacrifices when he presented them with his hood and gown at his graduation ceremony. Martin and Lorena Saldana ...