Women Who Reign: Sopuruchi Uwakweh

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.” by Maya Angelou, in Letter to My Daughter

Tell us about yourself along with a fun fact!

I’m currently a chemical engineering freshman in the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez campus. I have three siblings, and they’re all boys. I’ve been into agricultural engineering-centered research since I was a freshman in high school, and I hope to land an internship or be granted a research opportunity in that field sometime next school year.

Fun fact: I’m an aspiring entrepreneur. I’ve been running my own cookie micro-business, “Sochi’s Cookies,”since 2015 and it’s been a gratifyingly tiring venture since then.