DeMarcus Kilgo has his sight set high on becoming an electrical engineer.
Like many students in Charlotte, before 2020, DeMarcus Kilgo lived a pretty normal life of a high schooler.
“I was running track. I was working, doing school,” Kilgo said. “I used to come from track practice and go to work, get off work and do homework. And then you finish homework, go to sleep, wake up, go to school.”
Kilgo, an honors student at West Charlotte High School, lost two family members to the virus. He said the COVID-19 pandemic has increased his workload and weighed on him a lot mentally. Nonetheless, he’s excited to start college in the fall. Initially, he wanted to attend UNC Charlotte, but after deciding to study engineering, he chose to attend North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, a school that graduates the most Black engineers in the country. It also offered him the most in scholarships.