Chrysanthe E. Warrington - 2004 Hampton University Short Course

She is sometimes called Chrysanthe, but the nickname, Ebi, suits her just fine. Having two more years until graduation, Ebi finds the experience of becoming a woman one of the best things that she has ever imagined.

She never thought that becoming the woman that God wanted her to be entailed reporting and writing, but that is the direction that she is in. Oddly, Ebi enjoyed crafts, writing poetry and short stories as a child, but she never wanted to make it her career. Her career goals included becoming a pediatric neurologist and an Olympic track runner for the United States. It wasn’t until her senior year of high school when she made the decision to study print journalism. In 2001, she became a staff writer for the high school newspaper and in June 2002, she became an editorial intern at the Philadelphia Weekly.

“In West Philadelphia born and raised,” is a phrase that Ebi feels connected to. Since the age of 2, Ebi has lived in Yeadon, Pa., a small borough between West and Southwest Philadelphia, and is often called those city names. She lives at home with her mother, who happens to be a neuroscience nurse at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital.

Her transition from Philadelphia to Hampton, Va., was a drastic change, but a change much needed for her to grow. There she attends the prestigious Hampton University.

Ebi is a print journalism major at the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications. She does volunteer work at the university’s radio station, WHOV-FM, and is working to become a staff writer for the university’s paper, The Hampton Script.

Ebi has aspirations to study law at the University of Pennsylvania and become a journalism lawyer. She would also like to write a book and start her own national Christian youth magazine.

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