Lane Howell is a freshman at Texas A&M University from Lincoln, Nebraska. She is pursuing a degree in Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences. Lane hopes to continue research in youth development during her undergraduate studies to better community parks and recreation department programs for the next generation. She is a potential candidate as a representative for her major in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Student Council at TAMU. She is planning to join the religious organization Youth Impact, which serves the College Station area’s youth through after-school programming. Lane believes that furthering stories of Black history in American society is essential to creating a more aware, compassionate, and accepting culture.