Olivia Yeatman

Success. I like when my hard work pays off. That's what keeps me going, knowing that when I put effort into something it shows. I got accepted in all the colleges I applied to and seeing that made me very proud of myself.

Something I wish I had learned earlier would be not caring about what people say, I used to care about what people would say and but I reached a point in my life where I didn't care about how people saw me. I only cared that I was being true to myself and that I was happy.

A perfect day would be forgetting about responsibilities and just enjoying the day, a day where I can spend time focusing on myself. I never want to settle I wanna always have something to do, to be happy with whatever I chose to do.

Interview by Alejandro Lopez-Basilio, spring 2022