Editor’s note: This story is part of an Advance/SILive.com Women’s History Month series celebrating the strength and influence of women who have dedicated their life to education, mentorship and leadership.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — I vividly remember the day I met Dr. Deborah Greh.
It was the late 1980s, and the former Grymes Hill campus of St. John’s University was packed as usual. The parking lot, hallways and classrooms buzzed with Gen Xers, many first-generation college students seeking a brighter future.
Knowing I wanted to be a journalist since the age of 10, I was enrolled as a communications arts major, due to the school’s lack of a journalism major at the time.
In my sophomore year, I was told my college advisor had retired. My Type A personality made me anxious about getting the classes I wanted, so I immediately set up an appointment to meet this new advisor. That was Dr. Greh.
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