Deja Herelle <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nFashion and Textile Design: Fashion Design<\/h6>\n\n\n\nUp Next: Intern for Under Armour<\/h6>\n\n\n\n![\"student](\"https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100951\/IMG_7237-feature-edit-edited.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAttending a STEM-focused high school, Deja Herelle initially planned to pursue a career in medicine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI wanted to be a pediatrician, and my parents were like, \u2018You’re not going to be a pediatrician,\u2019\u201d she remembers. \u201cBut I was trying to find something that I thought was the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, some coaxing from her high school counselors and a week at the Wilson College\u2019s Summer Textile Exploration Program<\/a> quickly changed her mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cI had started to apply to fashion design schools in New York, but I didn’t even finish my applications once I found out I got into NC State,\u201d she says. \u201cI think I’ve gotten a lot of opportunities that I didn’t expect to come my way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During her time at the Wilson College of Textiles, Herelle has been involved both on-campus, where she serves as president of the African American Textile Society, and off-campus, where she interned for Soma Intimates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDifferent people and professors in the college have pushed me to believe more in myself and to go after new things, and I wouldn’t have gotten to where I am if it weren’t for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Up Next: Intern for Under Armour<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAttending a STEM-focused high school, Deja Herelle initially planned to pursue a career in medicine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI wanted to be a pediatrician, and my parents were like, \u2018You’re not going to be a pediatrician,\u2019\u201d she remembers. \u201cBut I was trying to find something that I thought was the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, some coaxing from her high school counselors and a week at the Wilson College\u2019s Summer Textile Exploration Program<\/a> quickly changed her mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cI had started to apply to fashion design schools in New York, but I didn’t even finish my applications once I found out I got into NC State,\u201d she says. \u201cI think I’ve gotten a lot of opportunities that I didn’t expect to come my way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During her time at the Wilson College of Textiles, Herelle has been involved both on-campus, where she serves as president of the African American Textile Society, and off-campus, where she interned for Soma Intimates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDifferent people and professors in the college have pushed me to believe more in myself and to go after new things, and I wouldn’t have gotten to where I am if it weren’t for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAttending a STEM-focused high school, Deja Herelle initially planned to pursue a career in medicine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI wanted to be a pediatrician, and my parents were like, \u2018You’re not going to be a pediatrician,\u2019\u201d she remembers. \u201cBut I was trying to find something that I thought was the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, some coaxing from her high school counselors and a week at the Wilson College\u2019s Summer Textile Exploration Program<\/a> quickly changed her mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI had started to apply to fashion design schools in New York, but I didn’t even finish my applications once I found out I got into NC State,\u201d she says. \u201cI think I’ve gotten a lot of opportunities that I didn’t expect to come my way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n During her time at the Wilson College of Textiles, Herelle has been involved both on-campus, where she serves as president of the African American Textile Society, and off-campus, where she interned for Soma Intimates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDifferent people and professors in the college have pushed me to believe more in myself and to go after new things, and I wouldn’t have gotten to where I am if it weren’t for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n