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From The Grio:
Just by talking to her, you wouldn't know that Vivian Nixon is an ex convict.
Confident, articulate, and now pursuing a Master's Degree in Theology, Nixon seems more likely to have spent time in a church worship hall rather than a prison hall.
But it wasn't always that way.
Many years ago, she got into legal trouble and wound up with a felony conviction.
Nixon won't say much about it -- other than to note that she spent three and a half years in prison for a non-violent offense.
She now runs the College and Community Fellowship in New York, which helps female ex-inmates successfully reintegrate into society by bolstering their educational and economic opportunities. In her present role, Nixon encourages former prisoners not to dwell on their past -- even as Nixon acknowledges her own atypical background.
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