Williams shares, “That is unfortunately the mentality I had because life is hard, especially as a Black woman.” “I’m never going to dim down my personality for anyone.” You can either be the super negro or the forgotten negro.” Williams reflects back on a book she read by Gabrielle Union, “We’re Going to Need More Wine.” William talks about a passage that resonated with her, “when you’re raised black, your parents always have that talk with you about doing 10 times more work to be half as qualified. “When I decided to go into a STEM, it was difficult because I am a first generation student and my parents and my grandma don’t know what I go through.” My grandmother is my biggest inspiration in life,” Williams says. The way she raised me impacted how I see the world. I came to the United States when I was about six years old. I felt like a school with this type of model would value me and take me under their wings to help me get where I was going.” (Williams and her grandmother during year drop off her first-year). Williams continues, I applied early decision and it was the only university I applied to. When asked why she committed to Syracuse University, William explains, “I think it really stemmed from the motto of the university suos cultores scientia coronat, translating to knowledge crowns those who seek her.”
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She is a dual major in supply chain management at the Whitman School of Management, and information management and technology specializing in data analytics at the School of Information Science.ĭuring her junior year of high school, Williams received a full scholarship to a local community college through a science fair hosted by the Coriell Institute. William’s hometown is Delran, New Jersey. Louisa Williams ’21, better known to friends as Lulu, has let her African roots, spirituality and perseverance guide her success at Syracuse University.
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