UMBC AMST alum Ngeri Nnachi Featured in The Atlantic

Wed, 28 Dec 2016 18:28:59 -0500

The latest story in the Atlantic’s reader series comes from a young woman, Ngeri Nnachi, who is “still personally working through my anger with my father for taking away my best friend”—her brother, who’s currently serving a lengthy prison sentence. Her deep resentment toward her father stems from his absenteeism, flagrant infidelity, and the domestic violence that nearly killed her mother. She suggests that her brother’s close but toxic affinity to their father contributed to the “adventurous and inquisitive boy”’s eventual depression, bipolar disorder, drug addiction, and violent outbursts—even toward Ngeri, using a knife.