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‘I take my obsessions to the next level’

First Black woman to coach in MLB to speak at CSUB

California State University, Bakersfield
By California State University, Bakersfield
November 28th, 2022
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Footnotes Story by Jennifer Self, senior director of strategic communications and public information officer; photos courtesy of Bianca Smith, John Hartman and Carol Cain.

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