<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2025/omar-chung.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>05/15/2025</pubDate><title>Investigations Graduate Student Reflects on Identity, Resilience, and the Power of Representation</title><description>Omar Chung ’25 M.S. shares his journey as a Black, Deaf, gay, first-generation graduate and what it means to lead with authenticity.</description><hide-description/><author>Omar Chung ’25 M.S.</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>May 15, 2025</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/lee-college/news/2025/omar-chung.jpg" alt="Omar Chung ’25 M.S."/></image><image-caption>Omar Chung ’25 M.S.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>class-of-2025</tag><tag>college-lee-college</tag><tag>commencement</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-grad-investigations</tag><tag>section-inclusion</tag><tag>year-2025</tag></tags></item>