Newsviews: From Student to Principal

CHICAGO (WLS) -- In 2008, Arriel Azadi Janae Williams graduated from North Lawndale College Prep.

This fall, she became the school's principal.

WATCH: Newsviews Part 1

In 2008, Arriel Azadi Janae Williams graduated from North Lawndale College Prep. Part 1.

It's not a path she would have expected her life to take growing up in the neighborhood.

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But she said she got there thanks to the teachers at North Lawndale.

Now she's working to help her students have the same opportunities. We're talking this morning with Arriel Azadi Janae Williams.

WATCH: Newsviews Part 2

In 2008, Arriel Azadi Janae Williams graduated from North Lawndale College Prep. Part 2.