Her Story
About Brooklyn
Brooklyn Hillberry is currently a second-year student in Information Technology with a concentration in cybersecurity at Louisiana Delta Community College in Louisiana, where she began her studies in August 2025 and is set to graduate the following year. Her educational journey started with high school in West Virginia before transitioning to homeschooling through Penn Foster, from which she graduated in May 2025. In addition to her academic pursuits, Hillberry has earned a Google AI and Prompting Skills certificate. She prefers hands-on learning and enjoys exercising, being outdoors, listening to music, and spending time with family. Hillberry attributes her success to her own self-motivation and the support of her boyfriend, and she advises young women entering the field that education is empowering and that educated women are on top.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Brooklyn
01What do you attribute your success to?
Definitely myself and my boyfriend. He has definitely helped to push me to get me to where I am now. I could not be here without all of his help, and also myself because it took a lot of self-talk and self-motivation to get myself where I am.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
Probably to just not take it too seriously, and not overthink it, and to just keep going day by day, and everything falls into place naturally.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I think it's definitely worth it. A lot of people see it differently with women getting an education and stuff, but I think it's awesome, I think it's really empowering. I love school. I think educated women are on top.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
Right now I'm taking my classes that I'm gonna earn some more certificates for. So that's some good opportunities, and some challenges just learning new things and pushing myself to do the best I can and to the best of my ability.
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