degree, before going to Emerson College to study speech pathology and audiology.
The couple eventually married within a year of meeting (viaVanderbilt).
You will have to do it alone."

At that time, Powell’s cousin Bruce Llewellyn had revealed that “Colin really wants to run.
But Alma is adamant.
She’s totally against it” (viaIndependent).

She also received the Edward A. Bouchet Legacy Award from Howard University.
