Danielle Geathers

Jul 1

Cause & Community

Setting new trends
MIAMI, FL

Danielle Geathers made a name for herself as the first Black student body president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to be elected in the university’s 159-year history. The 20-year-old rising junior, who majors in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in product design, will take her seat as student body president at the start of the upcoming fall semester.

Since she enrolled in MIT as a freshman, Geathers has taken the initiative to involve herself in the college’s Black community. She has been involved in the Black Student Union and taken part in the student government for just about her entire college career. As president, Geathers said she will work to help all students feel welcome and included, with a focus on areas such as unity and equity. As a student, Geathers’ ambitions are just as high. She plans to take the patent bar and attend law school, to set out on a career in which she can help Black inventors secure patents to further their ideas and begin inter-generational wealth.