Monday, September 25, 2017

Extending beyond the ‘thank you’: Julia White

By Clara Ard
Julia White is a Tulsa native and senior at the University of Tulsa.












Julia White is a senior at the University of Tulsa. She is on the pre-law track, which is fitting considering her passion to, “give voices to people” who otherwise wouldn’t have them. Her dry and witty sense of humor matches the “lawyer” stereotype, but she pairs this wit with sense of empathy and compassion.

White is from Tulsa, where her drive to help the community began. She has spent many hours volunteering and helping with deployed soldiers, predominately in the Middle East. 

She says the soldiers she’s helping don’t have any family back home. Both her father and grandfather served in the U.S. Army. For White, her volunteer work was a way for her to be more intimate in comparison to the typical ‘thank you for your service’, something she had found “difficult to show appreciation for."

While White spends the majority of her time studying and volunteering, she leaves room in her schedule to dedicate to horseback riding. She spent her high school years riding competitively, commuting over four hours to her riding barn. 

She said that if she could have any superpower she would love to time-travel which would make the four hour commute a lot more manageable. She plans on going to law school after she graduates in May of 2018.

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