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Amanda

Age:  20
Years with Team:  2
Hometown: Chicago, IL

Education: Currently attending Washington University in St. Louis
Major(s): Biology and Classics

Your career goals: To become a physician, do research and teach.

Awards & Honors: Thomas Eliot Scholar, National Achievement Scholar, Co-authored abstract for Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Hobbies: Painting, reading, running

Favorite childhood memory: Surprise trip to Disney World for my 6th birthday

Something interesting about you or your family others may not know: My grandfather on my father’s side was a famous Nigerian musician. His band was called Haruna Ishola and his Agba Band

Five things you would like to accomplish in this lifetime:

1.) Become a physician
2.) Have a loving family
3.) Continue to have a great group of friends
4.) Start a charity or scholarship
5.) Go to Paris fashion week.

One word to describe yourself: Hardworking

What is the first thing you would do after winning the lottery? Do an end-zone dance

Interesting places you have visited: Budapest, Hungary; Rome, Italy; Athens, Greece; Amsterdam, Netherlands; London, England; Lagos, Nigeria

What is in your CD player right now? Our practice CD

Something you feel very strongly about: HIV/AIDS epidemic and women in science.

When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?  A physician

If you could have any animal as a pet, what animal would you choose? A Labrador retriever

Your favorite subject:
Elementary School:  Recess
High School: Biology
College: Biology

One movie that you could watch over and over……Coming to America

Your favorite charity: Doctors With-out Borders

Favorite childhood cartoon:  The Simpsons

As a role model, what do you hope children will learn from you?  Live life to the fullest every day with no regrets. Be brave, be kind and believe in yourself.

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