Brilliant African-American woman receives two master’s degrees from Oxford University and a UK Rhodes scholarship.
At the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, Anea Moore, a bright African-American woman who was awarded the coveted Rhodes Trust scholarship, earned two master’s degrees.
Through the esteemed Rhodes Trust Scholarship, Moore earned a Master of Science in Comparative Social Policy and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
She shared her achievement of receiving the two degrees on her LinkedIn attributing her success to her late parents and thanks the Rhodes Trust scholarship for the opportunity.
Moore was one of the 32 American Rhodes Scholars who were selected from 880 students endorsed by 281 colleges and universities nationwide in 2021. Moore enrolled at the University of Oxford through a scholarship.
The Rhodes Trust Scholarship is a fully-funded award offering successful candidates a full tuition waiver plus a living stipend of £18,180 per annum during their period of study in the United Kingdom.
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Moore, a first-generation, low-income (FGLI) student and orphan, earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology and urban studies with a law specialization and a minor in Africana studies from the University of Pennsylvania in the United States.
She stated that her parents passed away from heart attacks nine months apart when she was seventeen or eighteen. According to Moore, they were raised in areas with little to no access to wholesome food, top-notch educational institutions, and decent job prospects.
Moore claimed that this circumstance forced her to grow up in a neighborhood with about 35% poverty and in an elementary school with a 98% Black student body where more pupils failed than passed benchmark examinations.
She thought that despite these difficulties, her family was still able to find joy in the small things, and her parents gave their all to raise her until the day they died.
Moore claimed that all of her goals and efforts sprang from her parents’ love. Following their loss, she focused her sorrow into reading literature, activism, advocacy, and initiatives that gave her with a sense of direction and enabled her to appreciate the systemic inequities that played a role in their deaths.
She claimed that she started to imagine a time when she would be able to make the world more equitable and welcoming for her family, her neighborhood, and underrepresented groups who should have more opportunities.
Moore claimed that at the age of 20, she began assisting in the development of initiatives that would eventually benefit thousands of low-income students and families while conducting research for three academics.
Despite all of her accomplishments, she acknowledged that she still faced her share of difficulties. Moore was taking medication for both general anxiety disorder and severe depression in addition to his ADHD diagnosis.
Moore stated that although it was difficult, she was making progress with the help of friends and family because she aspires to a society in which everyone has equal access to opportunity.
She thanked the University of Pennsylvania, the Rhodes Trust, the Truman Scholarship Foundation, the Blavatnik School of Government, and the Department of Social Policy & Intervention, University of Oxford, for supporting her and believing in her future in spite of her shortcomings and challenging times.
Moore expressed her gratitude for all the chances life has given her to love, connect, and transform with other people.
