{"id":10467,"date":"2010-02-19T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T19:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=10467"},"modified":"2019-01-18T10:32:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T15:32:21","slug":"ucf-alum-lalita-booth-flying-high-at-harvard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-alum-lalita-booth-flying-high-at-harvard\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Alum Lalita Booth Flying High at Harvard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"251\" class=\" size-full img-fluid wp-image-4239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/07\/lalita_booth_ut2.jpg\" alt=\"lalita_booth_ut2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/07\/lalita_booth_ut2.jpg 335w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/07\/lalita_booth_ut2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"251\" class=\" size-full img-fluid wp-image-4239 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20335%20251%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"lalita_booth_ut2\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20335%20251%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/07\/lalita_booth_ut2.jpg 335w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/07\/lalita_booth_ut2-300x225.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/07\/lalita_booth_ut2.jpg\">UCF alumna Lalita Booth is making her name known at Harvard. The &#8217;09 College of Business Administration and Honors graduate left Orlando to attend Harvard University&#8217;s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Once a homeless single mom, Booth was honored with two Jack Kent Cooke scholarships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UCF alumna Lalita Booth is making her name known at Harvard. The &#8217;09 College of Business Administration and Honors graduate left Orlando to attend Harvard University&#8217;s John F. Kennedy School of Government. 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