Having worked at both private and public institutions of higher education, Dominique Lightsey-Joseph has devoted the past decade of her life to advancing equity and access to marginalized and minoritized children and adults. This work is a passion of hers born from her own experiences overcoming barriers as she worked towards her college education. Dominique’s lifelong commitment is to advocate for Black women’s access to a quality education, financial independence and positive representation in America. She is an alum of The Florida State University where she studied English and Communications and The University of Southern California where she earned her Master of Arts in Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs. She is currently working towards her doctorate in Educational Leadership in which she plans to focus on  Black women in leadership positions on college campuses and the microaggressions they’ve experienced that made their ascension to such positions difficult. Dominique currently resides in Los Angeles, CA and her hobbies include spending time with her friends and family, reading political think pieces written by women of color and working on her dissertation.