Feb. 24, 2023

Strengthening Our Awareness

Speaking about her college experience and recent summer internships, Ayiana Davis Polen comes on the show while in her junior year at Spelman College. She returns to the podcast having previously been a guest on the Bran'sCorner Podcast in 2021.

  • Brandon K. Hedgepeth is a lifelong learner, communicator, and graduate student who has been a content creator since May 2016. He serves as the host and producer of Tansson Talks show.
  • Ayiana Davis Polen is a junior at Spelman College where she is double majoring in Sociology & Anthropology and Music Performance with a Spanish minor. After graduating, she plans to study law in hopes of contributing to change within the African American and Latino communities.

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Ayiana Davis Polen

Ayiana Davis Polen is a junior at Spelman College where she is double majoring in Sociology & Anthropology and Music Performance with a Spanish minor. After graduating, she plans to study law in hopes of contributing to change within the African American and Latino communities.

Davis Polen is also a musician who has been studying the piano since she was eight years old and is a graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Arts along with other art institutions. With her training in the arts, she also wishes to achieve social change within arts education. At Spelman College, she serves the community by tutoring elementary schoolers with the SpelReads Literacy Program and is a new member of LadyBuds which is a mentoring program for young girls. Her most recent accomplishment includes earning a position as an Artistic Programs Intern with Silkroad; a artistic nonprofit organization. Additionally, she represented Puerto Rican scholars as a National Puerto Rican Day Parade Scholarship recipient in this year’s parade in New York City. When she is not in academic or professional settings, she spends her time listening to music and spending time with her friends and family.