Marquell Oliver
Creative, visionary, and motivator are three words that strongly describes the Aurora- born leader that is Marquell Oliver. He is currently studying at Illinois State University where he is also the first-generation student to pursue higher education in his entire family. In the past few years, Marquell has added his name amongst the community leaders once he received the NAACP Martin Luther King Jr. Character Award (’14). He is an alum from Metea Valley HS (’14), where he was the Black Student Alliance President, VP of the Young Men’s Club, and he achieved being selected 1st Team All-Area/All-Conference basketball player. From studying in Europe and South Carolina, Oliver’s approach has been influenced in a worldwide view which he hopes to continue to educate himself to help further his ideas and plans moving forward. His goal is to form collaborations that’ll help strengthen the way people perceive things in their everyday lives, and helping people reach their maximum potential.
