In this interview, Valerie Grays, an alumna of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte shares memories of her time as a student at the university from 1980-1984. She discusses why she chose to attend the university, her first day as a student, involvement with student organizations such as student government, the Black Student Union, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She also discusses winning homecoming queen in 1984 and being the third African-American woman on campus to hold this title.