cid Wilson
By Yadira Betances -
ybetances@eagletribune.com -
LAWRENCE — Growing up, Cid Wilson was a stutterer and a lousy math student.
Today at 41, Wilson has overcome his speech impediment, has worked as a financial analyst on Wall Street for 18 years and recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the tops in his field.
He was also appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the National Museum of the American Latino Study Commission to create a Smithsonian museum documenting 500 years of Hispanic history in the United States.
“I’m not telling you this to impress you, but because I want to impress upon you, whatever the goal is you’re striving for, you can do it,” Wilson told students in the Business, Management and Finance High School of the Lawrence High School campus yesterday.
Wilson gave separate talks at Andover High and Greater Lawrence Technical School.
“I’m no different than any of you. Use your diploma to go further to create and open doors for others and use your success to give back to your community,” said Wilson, who was ranked No. 1 equity financial analyst by Forbes Magazine.
Wilson, who lives in New Jersey, was in Massachusetts to speak at Harvard University and decided to come to the Lawrence area with its large Hispanic population.
“There are not enough role models that look and speak like them (Hispanics),” said Wilson, whose parents immigrated to the United States from Barahona in the southern part of the Dominican Republic.
“Who am I to tell you what your limits are? Whatever challenges you have you can be a great success story on how to overcome it,” he told the students.
Eduardo Rosario and Yesenia Concepcion, who rank No. 1 and 2 respectively in the business school, presented Wilson with a Lawrence High sweatshirt and a mug.
“He made a great impression on me,” Concepcion said. “Even for us at Lawrence he made it seem like our goals are reachable.”
Before speaking to students at Lawrence High, Wilson said the final report on the Latino museum was presented to Obama and a bill is before Congress.
“It was one of the greatest feelings in the world to serve,” said Wilson, one of seven people on the board which included actress Eva Longoria and musician Emilio Estefan.
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