Chicago 14-Year-Old with Three College Degrees Founds Her Own Company
20 Feb 2021
A Chicago teenager who received her associate’s, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees all before the age of 14 has founded her own company to encourage students to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM).
Dorothy Jean Tillman had a thirst for knowledge that began at a very young age.
“For me, I had always been really advanced and I was enrolled in a gifted kids’ school where I may be at the fourth-grade level doing sixth to eighth-grade work on a daily basis,” Tillman told WGN.