Arlana Tag

Arlana Miller Janice Tappin-Miller is warm, however, the undercurrent of grief is powerful. As she welcomes me into her home in Waxahachie, Texas, I pass the dining room. It’s crammed with photos of Arlana Miller, Janice’s late daughter. “I actually miss my baby,” Janice tells ESSENCE. “That was my baby.” Arlana, who died by suicide this past spring, began her first yr at Baton Rouge’s Southern University and A&M in the autumn of 2021. She was a talented cheerleader majoring in Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences. Southern awarded her the David Scott/JAG STARS scholarship—a full ride. She selected the main because she was trying to turn out to be a psychiatrist and desired to help others. “She never made you are feeling alone,”...