Wydelah Campbell, a Graphic Design major, was awarded the Happy Fernandez Women’s Leadership Prize at Moore College of Art & Design’s 2015 Commencement ceremony. The $4,000 prize honors the late Happy Fernandez, Moore’s seventh president, and is presented to a graduating senior who participated in the college’s leadership programs.
Campbell, a full-time student and single mother, spoke about how her leadership experiences had a positive impact on her time at Moore and how she had progressed as a woman and a designer. She came to Moore with abandonment issues and a lack of self-esteem. The summer before coming to Moore, her mother had been arrested and jailed, and her younger sister had been taken into foster care. Campbell found a refuge through her involvement with Student Government.
“I honestly believe I wouldn’t have made it through college without the skills and relationships I gained through leadership,” she said. “I have been able to get where I am now because I decided to be a leader. I decided to move a mountain I did not even know I was capable of. I finally feel like I have a purpose and like someone with a voice that people actually want to hear.”
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