Ilyasah Shabazz

Born July 22, 1962

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Raised in Mount Vernon after an early childhood in Brooklyn, she attended Hackley School, earned a bachelor’s at SUNY New Paltz, a master’s in Education and Human Resource Development from Fordham, and a doctorate from Worcester State. She spent over a decade in Mount Vernon municipal government, directing public relations, public affairs, special events and cultural programs. Her first book, t…