The Fresh Princess: Cornelius Sets Out to Empower Youth

Mercedes Cornelius was the kind of child who ended up in the principal's office once in a while-but at the same time she was smart. She loved to read and spent hours at the library finding every reason she could to stay there, even working there for a time. She was very good at arguing, and so, when people told her that intelligent people often become doctors or lawyers, she decided she would become a Supreme Court justice. At the age of 13, she worked in a federal attorney's office reading and filing cases.