Beyonce Meets With 18-Year-Old College Grad

You know you’re a big deal when Beyonce asks to meet with you. James Martin is only 18 years old and has already graduated from college with a degree in Molecular Biology. The exceptionally gifted teenager has an interest in stem cell research, and he says his education began after his father didn’t want to put him in pre-school because he was too young, so his mother began teaching him at home.
For her new #BeyInspired video series, Beyonce posted footage of a backstage meet-and-greet she did with James and his family after she invited them for an all-access V.I.P. experience at her Philadelphia concert on August 31. Beyonce was floored by James’ accomplishments, hard work, and discipline, and she said she just needed to tell him how proud she was face-to-face. She told him:
I wanted you to come here. I wanted to shake your hand because I’m so proud of you and it’s just incredible how brilliant you are. I just wanted your family to have a good night. That’s it.[...]How do you do what you do? Just born that way?[...] I just wanted to tell you, to look at you in your face, to tell you how proud I am.

So proud! And props to his mother for starting his education at home so that by the time he got to school he was already above and beyond. It’s refreshing to see a young man who’s focused on education versus wanting to be an athlete or rapper. Great story!