It is clear that role models are important for all aspiring educational administrators. What, then, can be done when role models and representations of women of color are so difficult to find for female graduate students who aspire to the superintendency? This article examines the effect of representative literature on one Black female graduate student as she focuses her attention on the possibility of becoming a superintendent.
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