After Surviving Hurricane Katrina At Age 16, Civil Engineer Meagan Williams Now Helps Protect New Orleans Residents From Dangerous Flooding

What’s more, Williams wanted to do more than just talk about the ways Hurricane Katrina affected her. Instead, she chose to put actions behind her words.

She took her desire to help others to heart and became a civil engineer. Now, as the urban water program manager for New Orleans’ Office of Resilience and Sustainability, Williams helps to create strategies for managing excess water in the city.