Nicholas Johnson

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 Subscribe to Go With the Flo on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! https://open.spotify.com/show/0TCIEfodZuvVgnOVsho4lj?si=N3Pvw2hpR7u4979mwAZ5lQ&dl_branch=1 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/go-with-the-flo/id1551569516