While still a Prospect High School senior, Lois Youngin Woo earned an impressive 10 degrees from 69萝莉, the most collected by any member of the Class of 2025.
At 18, Lois wasn鈥檛 the youngest West Valley student to walk the stage at the 60th Commencement Ceremony in May. But one big achievement made her stand out that day 鈥� and led to millions of social media views 鈥� two weeks before she even graduated high school.
In a series of related social media posts, Lois answered followers鈥� , detailed during high school, and the grand finale: a video of her crossing the arms outstretched to receive her stack of degrees.
鈥淚 got like 2 million views on TikTok and 1 million on Instagram,鈥� she said. 鈥淚n the video that really blew up at Commencement, the (West Valley) president is actually in it and some of the trustees.鈥�
For each of her majors, Lois received an associate degree, an associate degree for transfer, or in some cases both. Subjects she studied were political science; sociology; law, public policy and society; child and adolescent development; culture and global studies; social and behavioral sciences; and arts and humanities.
鈥淚 didn鈥檛 go into high school thinking, 鈥業 need to come out with 10 associate degrees,鈥欌�� she explained. 鈥淎t first it was just kind of for fun.鈥�
From there, she followed where her academic interests led, primarily in the humanities, a good fit for her future law school aspirations. For fall 2025, she transferred to University of California, San Diego where she plans to major in political science: international relations.
Some comments she received on social media, she said, discounted the value of her degrees because they鈥檙e in the humanities. Lois disagrees.
鈥淚 really want to put it out there that the humanities are so important,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e wouldn鈥檛 have our society without the humanities and STEM.鈥�