'Queen's Gambit' actor Moses Ingram's unrelenting journey from West Baltimore to Hollywood
Keith L. Alexander, The Washington Post
Feb. 25, 2021
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In 2012, Moses Ingram, then a freshman at Baltimore City Community College, sat down with a student adviser and shared her goal. She wanted to be an actor.
The adviser picked out a thick book of professions, plunked it in front of her and told her to "pick something," Ingram said.
As she stormed away, Ingram considered dropping out. But before she left the building, she walked into another adviser's office. Ingram steeled herself for another brush off. But Nana Gyesie had a different message: He was there to nurture.