What motivates you to keep digging within yourself when times get tough? Why take on a challenge if you know there might be roadblocks? How did KIPP Nashville create the kind of supportive environment to help you succeed and chase your dreams?
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These are just a few of the questions two members of KIPP Nashville Collegiate High School’s Class of 2018 answered during a special live podcast recording this summer at an Emerging Leaders for KIPP event. Local author and speaker, CJ Casciotta, sat down with Katherine Ledezma-Soto and William Swanson before they began their freshman year in college – Katherine at Rhodes College and William at Fisk University.
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“There’s literally no obstacle but myself, so why do I have to be my one obstacle?” – Katherine
Before the evening ended, Katherine and William had already hatched plans to start a non-profit together, focusing on helping non-KIPP high school students through the college application process!
Katherine plans to major in political science and education at Rhodes College.
William is interested in majoring in business and pursing a minor in psychology and music at Fisk University, where has a full scholarship.