Shabazz wrote an autobiography in 2002, Growing Up X. Her mission was to create an atmosphere and a curriculum that enabled students to feel proud and have a strong sense of commitment to humanity and to improving their socioeconomic conditions. As the coordinator for the Office of Academic Affairs of the City University of New York, she organized training workshops to encourage higher education for inner-city high school dropouts. Shabazz then moved her efforts from the entertainment business towards education. She served as Vice President for SME Entertainment Director of Operations for KEDAR Entertainment Coordinator of Promotions & Marketing for Pendulum, and as a production assistant for 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks (Spike Lee’s production company). Shabazz began her professional career in the entertainment industry. degree in education and human resource development from Fordham University in New York. degree in biology from the State University of New York in New Paltz in 1983 and her M.S. In 1979, Shabazz graduated from The Masters School, a prestigious boarding school, in Dobbs Ferry, New York. After her father’s death, the family moved to Mount Vernon, New York where she attended private schools, went to summer camp and belonged to Jack and Jill. She was nearly three years old when her father, Malcolm X was assassinated on Februat the Audubon Ballroom. Author of Growing Up X, Ilyasah Shabazz, the third eldest daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz was born in July 1962.
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