The 2021 class of HBCU Buzz’s HBCU Top 30 Under 30 features an extraordinary list of trailblazers and history-makers. If you’re looking for inspiration in your industry, then look no further!
The seventh class of honorees are creating lasting change in a wide variety of industries including politics, sports, education, business, health and music. In fact, this list is the perfect example of just how quickly the HBCU experience can catapult the careers of its students. The youngest person to make this year’s list is 19-year-old Rajauh Caruth, current student at Winston-Salem State University who made NASCAR history.
“We’re thrilled to spotlight this year’s honorees as it reflects a great diversity of HBCU graduates in our community” said HBCU Buzz Founder & CEO Luke Lawal. “Each year, the Top 30 Under 30 are selected based on their exemplary devotion to their alma mater and impressive achievements to build a better future.” Get inspired by the impressive list of students and alumni from HBCUs all over the nation!
Check out the former classes: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2020.
3Nia Page – Spelman College
Nia Page is a rising star in the political space, and she is working with leaders at our country’s highest levels. The recent Spelman College alumna has worked on the Joe Biden for President campaign, as well as for Congressman and Morehouse College alum Cedric Richmond, who now serves as Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.
Page’s time at Spelman laid a strong foundation for her career aspirations. She majored in International Studies and served as president of the Student Government Association. She interned with civil rights greats Congressman Elijah Cummings and Congressman John Lewis, who fueled her goals of advocacy. By her senior year in 2019, she had begun working with the Biden campaign. Notably, she helped create the campaign’s national HBCU Students for Biden program, and became its co-chair and program lead. One of her proudest feats was planning the program’s Homecoming Week; where HBCU students from the AUC, now Vice President Kamala Harris, and more attended one of the week’s events. Page went on to become the Biden campaign’s National African American Program Coordinator. Additionally, Page was a student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in the International Education Policy Program.
