(1) Sgt. Keijuanaky Seales, a supply clerk with the Iowa Army National Guard Sustainment Training Center, smiles for a portrait at Camp Dodge on Feb. 25, 2022. Seales grew up in Chicago, the youngest of four siblings, and spent much of her childhood in homeless shelters. This Black History Month, Seales reflected on the importance of family in Black culture: “Religion comes first and family comes second. It takes a village to raise a child, and it starts with having a family support system. When you don’t have money, you have long as you have family and friends, you’re fulfilled be


(1) Sgt. Keijuanaky Seales, a supply clerk with the Iowa Army National Guard Sustainment Training Center, smiles for a portrait at Camp Dodge on Feb. 25, 2022. Seales grew up in Chicago, the youngest of four siblings, and spent much of her childhood in homeless shelters. This Black History Month, Seales reflected on the importance of family in Black culture: “Religion comes first and family comes second. It takes a village to raise a child, and it starts with having a family support system. When you don’t have money, you have long as you have family and friends, you’re fulfilled because as human beings, we need that interaction.”


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