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Goff became interested in politics at a young age. When Goff was young, her parents used to take her and her sister with them when they would vote on
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visited Goff's school when Goff was in the fourth grade. The fourth graders did not get to see
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Shuwanza Goff lived in New York City, alongside her sister April, as a child. Her parents are Robert and
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