{"id":753,"date":"2024-10-14T18:41:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T18:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=753"},"modified":"2025-08-12T16:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T16:29:09","slug":"19-4-levin-soon-to-be-graduates-lead-katura-pleasant","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/chapter\/19-4-levin-soon-to-be-graduates-lead-katura-pleasant\/","title":{"rendered":"19.4 Levin Graduates Lead: Katura Pleasant"},"content":{"raw":"<img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Katura-Pleasant-300x300.png\" alt=\"Portrait of Katura Pleasant.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-680 aligncenter\" \/>\r\n\r\nKatura Pleasant is an MPA alum, focused on education equality and advocacy. As a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandfoundation.org\/student-resources\/fellowship\/\">Cleveland Foundation Fellow<\/a>, she was placed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/hhs.cuyahogacounty.gov\/about-hhs\">Cuyahoga County Health and Human Services<\/a>, gaining valuable experience in public service.\r\n\r\nKatura is committed to helping kids. She volunteered with True2U, a mentoring program that helps students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District find their strengths and explore career paths. Her work as an AmeriCorps reading tutor helped students to improve their reading skills and gain confidence.\r\n\r\nKatura\u2019s goal is to advocate for those who don\u2019t have a voice. Her experiences at Levin School and in various community programs highlight her commitment to making a positive impact. She is a shining example of how Levin School students can lead and serve their communities.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/IMG-181-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"407\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1978\" \/>\r\n\r\n<em>Katura and friends at the Levin School's 2024 homecoming party.<\/em>","rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Katura-Pleasant-300x300.png\" alt=\"Portrait of Katura Pleasant.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-680 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Katura-Pleasant-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Katura-Pleasant-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Katura-Pleasant-65x65.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Katura-Pleasant-225x224.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Katura-Pleasant.png 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Katura Pleasant is an MPA alum, focused on education equality and advocacy. As a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandfoundation.org\/student-resources\/fellowship\/\">Cleveland Foundation Fellow<\/a>, she was placed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/hhs.cuyahogacounty.gov\/about-hhs\">Cuyahoga County Health and Human Services<\/a>, gaining valuable experience in public service.<\/p>\n<p>Katura is committed to helping kids. She volunteered with True2U, a mentoring program that helps students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District find their strengths and explore career paths. Her work as an AmeriCorps reading tutor helped students to improve their reading skills and gain confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Katura\u2019s goal is to advocate for those who don\u2019t have a voice. Her experiences at Levin School and in various community programs highlight her commitment to making a positive impact. She is a shining example of how Levin School students can lead and serve their communities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/IMG-181-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"407\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/IMG-181-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/IMG-181-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/IMG-181-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/IMG-181-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/IMG-181-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/IMG-181-65x43.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/IMG-181-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/IMG-181-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Katura and friends at the Levin School&#8217;s 2024 homecoming party.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":510,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-753","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":446,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/510"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2453,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/753\/revisions\/2453"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/446"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/753\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=753"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=753"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}