Growing as a first-generation Nigerian-American Immigrant.

Living in Nashville for almost 18 years, Meharry medical college has served a significant role in my pursuit to become a physician. Growing as a first-generation Nigerian-American Immigrant. We could not afford health care services. I did not have access to adequate healthcare services. Having a medical teaching center, like Meharry medical college that was affordable for my parents, and for those who were uninsured like myself. Growing up with limited healthcare service has instilled in me the social enterprise to provide health care service to those in need.

Growing up in Nashville, I have gained a lot of inspiration and intellectual stimulation to pursue medicine by interacting and crossing paths with a lot of Meharry school of Medicine. When I was in high school, I was selected to be a HCOP intern, a program to encourage youths and high school students to pursue a career in medicine and in healthcare. At my internship, I was able to observe medical and dental students during their rotation. I was exposed and acclimated to the average life of a medical student is an and the amount of dedication that is expected in medical students. Currently, I have doctors and dentist who are medical school of medicine graduates. They have exemplified and embodied the core values of Meharry medical college.

Moreover, another reason why I would like to attend Meharry School of Medicine is core values that it has embodied since an act of Kindness began by Samuel Meharry to honor the black family that housed him during a raining muddy day in Kentucky. Since that day, Meharry has vowed to contribute to the medical education of underrepresented minority groups.  This same