Like many 21 year olds, Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru is on Twitter. And on Nov. 24, 2019, one of the University of Connecticut senior environmental studies major’s tweets went viral.
No, Wawa didn’t absolutely body the latest TikTok dance craze, nor did she create a top-trending hashtag. Instead, she tweeted out news that would earn her congratulations from the ranks of Cory Booker to Bernice King, and strangers alike: She was a Rhodes scholar for the class of 2020—and that was just one part of her incredible news. With that impressive achievement in tow, Gatheru became the first black person ever to receive three of the most prestigious scholarships available—the Rhodes, Truman, and Udall.
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https://www.theroot.com/confronting-a-legacy-and-creating-her-own-meet-the-fi-1841937195
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