Makenzie Thompson is an 18-year-old high school senior from South Fulton, Georgia, who has achieved an impressive feat: she has been accepted to 49 colleges and offered $1.3 million in scholarships. She is also the class president, co-captain of the dance team, vice president of Beta Club, and a member of the national honor society….
Carcia Carson, a Jackson State University alumnus, has made history by becoming the first Black woman to earn a PhD in biomedical engineering from Vanderbilt University. Her dissertation focused on engineering cancer cell surfaces with nanomaterial drug carriers to enhance immunogenicity of whole cell-based cancer vaccines. Carson, who graduated from JSU in 2014 with a…
Paulla McCarthy is a former nurse, a single mother of three, and a trailblazer in the water industry. She is the first Black woman to own and operate a spring water bottling plant in New York State, and the founder of Youth Saving Society (YSS), a nonprofit that teaches financial literacy and entrepreneurship to young…
Peter Bawuah is a Ghanaian man who has overcome many challenges and achieved remarkable success in his educational journey. He is currently a graduate student at the University of Windsor in Canada, where he was elected as the student ambassador for international students. He is also a motivational speaker, a graduate teaching assistant, and the…
Stanley Nweke-Eze is a Nigerian lawyer who has achieved an impressive feat of earning two master’s degrees in law from Harvard University and the University of Cambridge, two of the most prestigious universities in the world. He is also admitted to practise law in Nigeria, New York and England & Wales, and has worked at…
Grace Moore is not your average 12-year-old girl. She is a musical prodigy who has composed an original piece of classical music that was performed by one of the most prestigious orchestras in the world, the New York Philharmonic. Grace, who lives in Brooklyn, New York, started playing the piano when she was two years…
Eric Hale is not just a teacher. He is a leader, a mentor, a role model, and a trailblazer. He is the first Black man to win the prestigious Texas Teacher of the Year award, which has been recognizing outstanding educators in the state since 1969. He is also the first Black man to win…
Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a genius? Well, you might want to ask Ramarni Wilfred, a 16-year-old British teenager who has an IQ higher than Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, and Stephen Hawking. At 11 years, Ramarni scored 162 on the Mensa IQ test, putting him in the top 1% of the…
In the world of academia and achievement, one name shines brightly – Dr. Dorothy Jean Tillman, II, affectionately known as “DJ” or “Dorothy Jeanius.” At the age of 17, she has not only earned herself a Doctor of Behavioral Health (DBH) degree from Arizona State University but has also become a beacon of inspiration for…
Dorothy Miller was only 15 years old when she gave birth to her first child. She faced many challenges as a teenage mother, such as stigma, poverty, and lack of support. She dropped out of high school and struggled to make ends meet. But she never gave up on her dreams of getting an education…
