Single Mother Graduates From Harvard Law School, Goes Viral

Briana Williams, a 24-year-old single mom who just graduated from Harvard Law school, has mastered the art of multitasking. Last year, she finished a final exam while she was in labor. After her daughter, Evelyn, was born during her final year of law school, she learned to br-eastfe-ed with one arm while writing a paper with the other.

Last week her ha*d work paid off when she walked across the graduation stage with her daughter in her arms wearing matching caps and gowns. The Los Angeles nat*ve opened up about her experience in an Instagram post that has since gone viral.

“To say that my last year of law school, with a newborn, and as a single mom was a challenge would be an understatement,” she writes. “Evelyn- they said that because of you I wouldn’t be able to do this. Just know that I did this BECAUSE OF YOU.”

Williams, who now has more than 20,000 followers, said she was never a fan of social media because it often portrays a m!slead*ngly glamorous life. But she wanted to use her graduation as a chance to share her story.

“I don’t really write captions. I don’t put my voice out there,” she said. “Upon graduating I wanted to show people myself. I didn’t know how receptive people would be towards it. I’m just thankful that people were.”

Williams said she’s always dreamt of being a lawyer and that Harvard was her top choice for law school. But the journey became even more d*ffic*lt when she became a single mom, and she acknowl-edged in her post that there were times when she didn’t think she could do it.

“I did not think that, at 24 years old, as a single mom, I would be able to get through one of the most !ntellectu-ally r*gor*us and challenging positions of my life,” she wrote on Instagram. “It was ha*d. It hu*t.”

Almost immediately after giving birth, Williams had to figure out how to balance par*nt!ng, work and academics. She started working her summer job just three and a half weeks after Evelyn was born on April 22, 2017.

She said she would often schedule doctor’s appointments on her lunch br***s.

“I didn’t tell anyone that I had a baby,” she said. “I never m!ssed any activity because I didn’t want anyone to think that me having a baby was holding me back.”