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Prairie View A&M University Honors student Makiya Corde Minney was known as \u201cDr. Kiya\u201d growing up \u2013 she always wanted to be a cardiologist.<\/p>\n

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That is, until she learned she has emetophobia \u2013 an intense fear of vomiting.<\/p>\n

Since then, taking early college classes in criminal justice in high school, as well as seeing family members treated unfairly in the justice system, led her down a new career path into the legal world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prairie View A&M University Honors student Makiya Corde Minney was known as \u201cDr. Kiya\u201d growing up \u2013 she always wanted to be a cardiologist. That is, until she learned she has emetophobia \u2013 an intense fear of vomiting. Since then, taking early college classes in criminal justice in high school, as well as seeing family […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[86],"class_list":["post-28483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28484,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28483\/revisions\/28484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28483"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=28483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":28472,"date":"2025-12-03T13:57:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/?p=28472"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:57:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:57:22","slug":"pvamu-sophomore-selected-for-congressional-black-caucus-claims-her-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/2025\/12\/03\/pvamu-sophomore-selected-for-congressional-black-caucus-claims-her-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"PVAMU sophomore selected for Congressional Black Caucus claims her seat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prairie View A&M University sophomore Kore\u2019Yana Matthews is her own hero.<\/p>\n

Since she once heard, \u201cYou can\u2019t wait on nobody to save you, because nobody is coming,\u201d that has become her motto, mantra, and battle cry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prairie View A&M University sophomore Kore\u2019Yana Matthews is her own hero. Since she once heard, \u201cYou can\u2019t wait on nobody to save you, because nobody is coming,\u201d that has become her motto, mantra, and battle cry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-28472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28472"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=28472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":28470,"date":"2025-12-02T11:43:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/?p=28470"},"modified":"2025-12-02T11:43:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:43:29","slug":"pvamu-alumna-named-jamaicas-police-superintendent-aims-to-build-global-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/2025\/12\/02\/pvamu-alumna-named-jamaicas-police-superintendent-aims-to-build-global-model\/","title":{"rendered":"PVAMU alumna named Jamaica\u2019s police superintendent, aims to build global model"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prairie View A&M University alumna Dr. Sh-Shanna Ellington \u201924, armed with the \u201ccan-do\u201d spirit instilled in her at the University, has been promoted to Superintendent of Police in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).<\/p>\n

It is a milestone moment not just of personal achievement but one of profound responsibility, she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prairie View A&M University alumna Dr. Sh-Shanna Ellington \u201924, armed with the \u201ccan-do\u201d spirit instilled in her at the University, has been promoted to Superintendent of Police in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). It is a milestone moment not just of personal achievement but one of profound responsibility, she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,32],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[87],"class_list":["post-28470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28470"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=28470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":28413,"date":"2025-05-22T08:58:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/?p=28413"},"modified":"2025-05-22T08:58:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:58:05","slug":"pv-grads-treylon-jeremiah-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/cojj\/2025\/05\/22\/pv-grads-treylon-jeremiah-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"PV Grads: Treylon Jeremiah Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hometown:<\/strong>
\nRaised in San Antonio, Texas<\/p>\n

Degree:<\/strong>
\nBachelor of Science in\u00a0Criminal Justice<\/a>\u00a0with a concentration in Criminalistics<\/p>\n

Which organization(s) were you a part of at PVAMU?<\/strong><\/p>\n