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### [An interview with Amber Whatley, lighting designer](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2022/01/amber-whatley)

 By [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) 27-Jan-2022

When Amber Whatley decided to study lighting design in college, she quickly realized that many of her peers were coming to the program with prior training because of the programs that existed at the high school level. Unfortunately, in the majority of Black communities in the United States,...

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