Episode 10: The Role that Character and Integrity Plays in Achievement with Donald Sewell Jr. Esq.

The Liberators Podcast

This Friday's interview is the 9th installment in the Self-Construction Block of podcasts. It will center on the theme: The Role that Character and Integrity Plays in Achievement. Our interviewer will share a great wealth of wisdom on the pillars of integrity and character.

This Friday's guest is Donald Sewell Jr. JD

Donald Sewell Jr. was born in Virginia Beach, VA., where he and his younger sister were raised by their mother, who made it a constant point to remind them to "make something worth something of [themselves]." While they were not required to embark upon career paths in the most prestigious of fields, they were expected to attain a level of self-sufficiency and know-how in their field of choice. Donald initially had aspirations to enter the medical field to become an anesthesiologist; with this in mind, he focused on a way to achieve it. Foreseeing difficulties for a single mother to pay for two children to go to college, Donald got involved with JROTC in high school, catapulting him to ROTC in college. A month after graduating high school, he met with a Military Recruiter who informed him of a three and a half year ROTC Scholarship available at Xavier University of Louisiana. Donald had never heard of the University but knew it presented him the best chance of paying for most of his college expenses, as the schools he had been accepted to were still significantly costly despite his having been offered scholarships. So, Donald applied to Xavier, packed up everything and went to New Orleans on a hope that he would receive the scholarship; which he did, starting the Spring of 2011.

Donald began Xavier in the Fall of 2010 majoring in Biology; the dream of going to medical school still burning strong. As he matriculated through his freshman and sophomore years, he became aware of his waning interest turned waxing obligation to be a part of the medical field. He viewed this change in mentality as a detriment to his chances of going to medical school. So in his junior year, in an attempt to diversify himself as a medical school applicant, he changed his major to English with a double minor in Biology and Chemistry. However, his interest in expression and the written word took control the remaining year at Xavier; for Donald graduated and was commissioned as an Army Officer in May and began attending Loyola University of New Orleans School of Law in the Fall of 2014. He graduated from Loyola in May of 2017, five months after becoming a Transportation Company Commander, which is his current occupation while studying to pass the Bar. Donald plans on becoming a patent lawyer but remains open to opportunities for further professional development, both expected and unexpected, as he never tries to close any open door providing the potential for growth.

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