The Truth Staff
Xavier University graduate Natania Greene returned to Toledo on Saturday, May 24, to join her family and friends at Toledo Botanical Gardens for a celebration of her commencement from the New Orleans college.
A 2021 Rogers High School graduate, and the valedictorian of her class, Greene majored in Public Health at Xavier. She will stay in the Crescent City to attend Tulane University in the fall to obtain a master’s degree in epidemiology.
New Orleans, in fact, has become Greene’s home away from home. This summer she has a job there as a clinical research coordinator.
While in high school here in Toledo, Greene was a part of Toledo Excel program, participated in the 2019 National Society of High School Scholars and was a National Honor Society member in 2021.
Greene’s studies at Xavier brought awareness to her of the statistical imbalance in the area of Black maternal health and mortality and Black infant mortality rates. “We need more African Americans in fields that create a demand for change on issues that impact the Black community,” she said.
To that end, she plans on seeking a position with the Center for Disease Control after Tulane to study those issues.
