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 DeShuna Spencer, Editor/Communications Manager, oversees the content
and production of NSSEA Essentials magazine, Essentials Weekly e-newsletter
and other NSSEA publications. She also serves as the primary advertising
contact for Essentials magazine and press contact during NSSEA tradeshows.
Spencer, a print journalism graduate from Jackson State University
in Jackson, Miss., has more than six years of journalism experience.
Her career in journalism began while in college, where she was
a staff writer for the Clarion-Ledger, Mississippi's largest newspaper.
She has also worked as a crime and feature reporter for the Oakland
Tribune; and as the Leisure Section editor for the Fort Campbell Courier,
the largest US military newspaper. Previous work experience includes4
interning for The Presidio Trust in San Francisco in its Public
Relations Department; and volunteering a year of her life by serving
in a low-income Buffalo community with AmeriCorps*VISTA. In her
spare time she freelance writes for The Crisis magazine, NAACP's
bi-monthly magazine; and volunteers for the National Urban League
Young Professionals Network and at her church serving as the Editor-in-Chief
of the newsletter, VICTORY.
DeShuna can be contacted by:
EMAIL dspencer@nssea.org
PHONE (800) 395-5550 ext. 1034
FAX (301) 495-3330
 As NSSEA’s editorial assistant, Tai Oyegunlé contributes to Essentials magazine and other association publications. She is the editor of TradeShow Times, NSSEA’s monthly e-newsletter, and writes the association’s weekly blog, “The Education Supply Playground.” Tai graduated from the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism in College Park, MD with a BA in print journalism.
Before joining NSSEA, she interned with The Takoma Voice and Silver Spring Voice newspapers in Takoma Park, MD. As an intern reporter, Tai solidified her devotion to writing. In addition, she has freelanced for the Prince George’s Sentinel, the P.G. Post and three University of Maryland publications: The Black Explosion, The Eclipse and Unwind magazine. In her spare time she enjoys tennis and is an avid reader of John Grisham novels.
Tai can be contacted by:
EMAIL toyegunle@nssea.org
PHONE (800) 395-5550 ext. 1039
FAX (301) 495-3330
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