Community Book Connection

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Student Involvement

Student Activity

Professor Mary Jo Garcia's geocaching students outside of the Jose Ruiz Community Center on Ann Street in Fells Point, investigating the various racial and ethnic groups that settled in East Baltimore, including Turner Station, where the Lacks family settled.


Professro Garcia's students on a geocaching trip through historical sites related to various racial and ethnic groups who settled in and around East Baltimore and Southeast Baltimore County.

Student Article

Students explore Dundalk history

Students at Dundalk spent the semester studying and documenting the history and culture of Turner Station, the neighborhood where Henrietta Lacks lived after her family moved to Baltimore. Here is an article in the Dundalk Eagle about Bethlehem Steel Mill and the Turner Station event that was the culmination of the students' project.