FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Sept. 1 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news release:
Family is very important to La Taschya Harris. When she enrolled in a doctoral program after 15 years of working with students who are also parents at National Park College in Hot Springs, it was partly to prove she could achieve her dream while caring for her adult son with disabilities.
Harris shares that role with another adult son, who has a tattoo that reads, "I am my brother's keeper." Devotion to one another is a value that runs deep in the Harris family.
Harris directs Career Pathways at the community college, part of a statewide program in which she oversees student mentoring, community partnerships and support services to help parents r...