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The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Lifestyle
Dylan Purcell

This psychologist just received her doctorate. Her mother took out a billboard to celebrate

Kristine Smalls is actually a shy person.

So when she saw her mother’s graduation surprise to her — 14 feet high and 48 feet across, towering above bustling Route 130 outside her hometown of Camden, New Jersey — Smalls was shocked.

“OMG, I’m on a billboard,” was Smalls’ reaction. The 30-year-old earned a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine on Friday.

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