Nicholas Johnson graduated from Princeton University in 2020 where he was the first Black valedictorian in the school’s 275 year history. He is currently pursuing a PHD in operations research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

TIME STAMPS:

Start -7:00        Finding out he was valedictorian

7:00-17:56       Difficulty of Princeton and how he spent his time during school

17:56-25:35    Covid disrupting senior spring/returning to campus for graduation

23:35-27:29      getting congratulations from big names

27:29-30:42     Being in the music video for Pharrell/Jay Z’s song “Entrepreneur”

30:42-34:21      Meeting Robert Downey Jr 

34:21-38:02      Why a PHD at MIT?

38:02-39:35      Afro Descendant Leadership Alliance

39:35-End          Parting advice

CREDITS:

Hosted by Folarin Okulaja

Produced by Folarin Okulaja

Engineered by Folarin Okulaja

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