How I make a difference: Queen King
Hailing from East St. Louis, Ill., Queen King, associate vice president of financial services and controller, has come to love the culture of the university in her five and a half years at CSUB. "Our institution consists of primarily first-generation college students, like me. The people I work with on the day-to-day are very passionate about their work. The university really cares about the success of its students."
Queen serves with the Bakersfield chapter of The Links, Incorporated, "one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of extraordinary women who are committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry."
Why Queen got involved in The Links:
"I wanted to become more involved in the Bakersfield community and have an impact in the community I live and work in. The members of this organization are dedicated to improving the community through a variety of programming such as their youth programming STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math. The group also focuses on those who may not have similar resources as they."
Why is it important for CSUB to serve its communities?
"It unites the university and community for a common purpose and provides the ability to work together towards a common purpose. It helps our organization to understand and adapt to the needs of the community we serve/educate. It helps us to retain talent in our community and attract this talent to the university and local businesses."
About the Links, Incorporated: Established in 1946, the organization's membership consists of more than 16,000 professional women of African descent in 292 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and the United Kingdom. Learn more here.
"My family and I relied heavily on the support of my community and church growing up and at the beginning of my career. Growing up in my neighborhood in East St. Louis, it was a village mentality. This meant that people in the neighborhood looked out for one another. My neighbors often gifted me gas money and/or bus passes to get back and forth to college and work. I also benefited from programs such as Upward Bound, local food pantries, clothing giveaways, etc. I feel that it's part of my duty as a citizen to help those in need because someone helped me." - CSUB staffer Queen King
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