Shannon Marquez, Jay class of '88

Dr. Shannon Marquez, class of '88, lettered three years in basketball. She went on to play NCAA basketball at Prairie View A&M and earned Engineering Degrees from Prairie View A&M and from Texas A&M before getting her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina.

Now an Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences for the UT Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Dr. Marquez spends only part of her time in Texas. The rest, she returns repeatedly to Africa serving as the International Director of the African Institute for Health, Educational Equity, and Africorps.