Black-ish Star Marsai Martin and TV Journalist Tanika Ray Honored by HBCU Spelman College’s Alumnae Association in Los Angeles

15-year old producer, entrepreneur, and award-winning actor Marsai Martin (Black-ish, Little) and Television Host/Journalist Tanika Ray (Spelman College, C ‘94 ) were among the honorees for the National Alumnae Association of Spelman College – Los Angeles Chapter’s Sisters’ Awards Brunch.

In its 26th year, the brunch has raised more than $530,000 in scholarship funds for incoming Spelman freshman from the Los Angeles area.

Hosted by The National Alumnae Association of Spelman College – Los Angeles Chapter, and Emmy Award-winning former Access Hollywood journalist Shaun Robinson (Spelman College, C’84), the event also honored founding president of Ward Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and LA Metro Board Member, Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, and Spelman Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD (C’75), who serves as the dean of Charles R. Drew University College of Medicine. 

The 2020 NAASC-LA’s Sisters Awards was made possible by the support of our Gold Level Sponsor Facebook, Silver Level Sponsors First United Bank and Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education & Psychology, and Bronze Sponsors Walt Disney Studios, Ward Economic Development, and the Los Angeles Phil Harmonic.