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The (Remote) Interview: Mary Whitehead

The director of student diversity and social justice sees work as a life-saving mission.

Mary Whitehead, director of UNLV's office of student diversity and social justice, is working to support and retain historically marginalized students. (Josh Hawkins/UNLV Photo Services)

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