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Denisha Merriweather
Denisha Merriweather is working on her master’s degree at the University of South Florida. Merriweather graduated in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary social sciences and a minor in juvenile justice from the University of West Florida. She works with special needs children for the Duval County public schools and as an afterschool youth instructor for the Police Athletic League (PAL). She is also a part-time employee at Step Up For Students, the distributor of Florida's tax-credit scholarship, and has written and spoken extensively about how the program changed her life, including during National School Choice Week and for the American Federation for Children.