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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Perez Jackson visits her childhood home in New Orleans' 9th Ward. Hurricane Katrina's toll on Jackson's childhood house and on New Orleans, particularly the 9th Ward where she was raised, has intensified her quest for what's known as environmental justice.
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An undated photo shows EPA Administrator Jackson in her youth.
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An undated photo shows Jackson (left) in her youth.
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Jackson visits her childhood home in New Orleans' 9th Ward. Floodwaters long ago ate away the walls of her corner bedroom, where she once hung Michael Jackson and Prince posters and studied her way to the top of her high school class.
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Jackson (left) is greeted during her visit to her childhood neighborhood.
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Jackson talks to New Orleans residents.
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Jackson visits her former high school in New Orleans.
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Jackson speaks at Tulane University in New Orleans. Jackson obtained her bachelor's degree at Tulane's School of Chemical Engineering, and then went on to Princeton University for her master's degree in chemical engineering.