Christy Pickering, center, shared her personal experiences from an abusive relationship and her path to happiness with the Mississippi State University community in a presentation Tuesday night [March 1] at Bettersworth Auditorium called âGirl, You Deserve Better.â The universityâs Center for Student Activities and Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life sponsored the appearance. Pickering is a Biloxi certified public accountant and member of the Board of Trustees, State Institutions of Higher Learning. Shown with Pickering were MSU President Mark E. Keenum, left, and her husband Brent Pickering, right.