Joyell Arvella ('10)
Joyell Arvella graduated from Washington College in 2010 as the first-ever recipient of the Vincent Hynson scholarship. Originally on a pre-med track, Joyell fought to create and declare a self-designed Black Studies major.
Joyell also spent a semester studying abroad in Egypt and served as one of the first Secretaries of Diversity for the Student Government Association. Currently, she works as an adjunct law professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and is a certified Doula.
Trying to Create an AKA Chapter at Washington College
Working as the Secretary of Diversity
Pushback on Creating Her Own Black Studies Major
Coming into Her Blackness During College
Creating Safe Spaces Around Campus
LatinX and Black Identities at Predominantly White Institutions