 As long as we felt she could be protected from bodily injury and insults within the school's walls and upon the school premises, we were willing to grant her desire to study at Harding.Her father sent her to Philadelphia to finish high school and, after earning her diploma, she returned to Charlotte to earn her degree from Johnson C. Smith University in 1965.After attending Harding High for only four days, she was inspired to work in the childcare services and later worked her way to the Vice President position at Child Care Resources Inc.