Costa Mesa native William Parker strives to give back

By Matt Szabo | The Daily Pilot | November 18, 2020

William Parker is a busy 20-year-old.

He’s a junior at UC Berkeley majoring in international politics, though the school has switched to all virtual learning during the coronavirus pandemic. Parker is involved with the Black Recruitment and Retention Center on campus.

The Costa Mesa native has also launched two startup companies recently. Unraveled App, which he founded with Berkeley graduate Madhuri Gujje, deals with relationships and their roles in people’s lives. Wall Street Bites is about instilling financial literacy at a young age.

Things have moved quickly for Parker. It’s been about six years since he was a freshman at Samueli Academy in Santa Ana and he built his own electric bicycle. That spirit of invention and entrepreneurship remains as alive as ever.

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