#GAReads | MIT's First Black Woman Student Body President Hopes to Make School 'More Welcoming & Inclusive'

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“MIT's First Black Woman Student Body President Hopes to Make School 'More Welcoming & Inclusive'“:

When college student Danielle Geathers returns to campus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall, it’ll be in historic fashion as the school’s first black female student body president.

Geathers, 22, was recently elected president of the Undergraduate Association alongside her running mate Yu Jing Chen, marking the first time in the school’s 159-year history that a black woman was elected to the coveted post.

“It didn’t surprise me that no black women had been president,” Geathers told MIT’s student newspaper The Tech. “Someone asked if the UA president was a figurehead role [during the debate]. I think no, but minimally, a black female in that role will squash every perception that MIT is still mostly white and male.”

Read Rachel DeSantis’ full article at People here…