Meet Carlissa Robinson

Carlissa Robinson (She/Her/Hers)

Major: Early Childhood Education

Carlissa first experienced Kent State as part of the Lebron James Family Foundation (LJFF) that allowed students in an ACT/SAT prep program to stay on the Kent Campus for three weeks. 

“They have everything I was looking for in a college and they had the major I was looking for,” she said. “They had different clubs and programs I was looking for, and they had the people I was looking for.”

Carlissa was part of the LJFF’s iPromise program and has received a scholarship from Kent State. She said that the people who most influenced her college decision were her mother and her twin, Asakee.

The thing that excited Carlissa the most about attending Kent State is “the thrill of not knowing what you are going to run into each day. Whether that be a game night in the dorm room lounge or a movie night on the grass.” Her dream job after college is to become an educator and help her students as much as possible, so that they can persist to graduation.

The one thing that Carlissa would like other members of The Class of 2025 to know about her is “That I am a Queer African-American woman.”
 

Carlissa's message to herself in 2025

“No matter where you are now, I know you are doing great things. I know you did your best, and I am proud of you.”