CINCINNATI — It was an exciting day when Mount Saint Joseph senior Aliyah Huff heard the news that Joe Biden won the presidential election.

“I was sitting here, same way I am today, and just watching and they came on with an interruption about him winning and I was just like wow I’m a part of history,” said Huff.

What You Need To Know

  • Mount St. Joseph senior Aliyah Huff is one of hundreds of thousands of first-time voters to vote in the presidential election

  • Huff says she was happy with President-Elect Joe Biden and his platform

  • She hopes Biden will tackle systemic racism during his four-year term

As a college student, Huff says it was important for Biden to be elected president because he has a concrete plan for COVID-19.

“That’s something that we haven’t had in these last couple of months and it was important for me to have something to look forward to in the next year,” she said.

And Huff isn’t the only one excited to see Biden elected. Her friend and peer Jaleah Fair-Harris says she was also happy when she heard the news.

“I just felt calm,” said Fair-Harris. “I just felt at peace. I just felt like it was long overdue and I just felt happy.”

And over these next four years, she says she hopes to see Biden tackle police reform.

“I’m just looking forward to them just reforming it so well that we don’t have any problems with inequality, racism, and prejudice and discrimination and things like that,” she said.

And just like Fair-Harris, Huff says she would like see not only police reform, but several other changes as well.

“Systemic racism in the justice system — I think that’s very important and that somebody has to tackle,” said Huff. “This is not just the end of something. It’s definitely the beginning, and I think they’re going to do a great job.”