She’s Been Through the Storm, and Now Helps Others Navigate It

The Rev. Dr. LaKeesha Walrond is the first Black woman to lead the New York Theological Seminary

Rev. Dr. LaKeesha Walrond, in her office in Upper Manhattan. Photography: Laurel Golio

In her fifth floor Upper Manhattan office, Rev. Dr. LaKeesha Walrond has come a long way from the seventh grader sent to an alternative school for fighting. “Girl you’ve got a good fight in you,”…