“The way he thinks… I can see him someday being like an
Elon Musk or a
Steve Jobs or
Bill Gates,” said Rutherford Principal
Coy Pilson. “His mind makes connections that most folks don’t think about.”
While Walker admits to being inspired by Musk or Jobs or Gates, he wants to create his own path.
“One of the things that also bothers me… when you think of the top tech guys in the industry, there is not many Black people who you think of in that tech entrepreneur sphere,” Walker said. “As a child, me looking up to them, I’m not looking up to people that look like me.”
Growing up, Walker struggled to believe he could make it as an inventor because there weren’t many Black faces in the tech and engineer world.
“I’ve always loved creating devices to help people, so I definitely want to further that,” he said to the local outlet. “I’m looking at majoring in electrical engineering and possibly biomedical engineering to hopefully develop medical technology in order to help disadvantaged communities that have health problems.”
