Alexis Watkins, a Western Kentucky University student from Louisville, Kentucky, is a student leader for the university’s Intercultural Student Engagement Center (ISEC) Academy. Intercultural Student Engagement Center (ISEC) Academy is a Western Kentucky University initiative/program to assist students that identify as students of color, and/or who are first generation, Pell eligible, and have some need with their transition, persistence, and graduation from Western Kentucky University. Watkins credited the academy for playing such a huge role in her college experience thus far.