To honor Black History Month 2025, MassLive featured Black leaders throughout the state of Massachusetts who are performing significant and meaningful work. Simmons University President Lynn Perry Wooten is among the 10 individuals spotlighted.
“Growing up in Philadelphia, Lynn Wooten … was taught the importance of academic and Black excellence,” MassLive reported.
For Wooten, being a lifelong learner is central to her identity and her leadership.
“I’m always trying to be my best self through learning. Reading books, studying, learning through people, taking classes — every experience I see as a learning interaction,” she said.