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while competing - and winning - against Ivy League teams. He is con- | fident that those who said he could never deliver a speech growing up )| would be surprised to know that he is a member of an award-winning debate team. Uchehara also serves as a Student Ambassador, Presidential Ambassa- | dor, and as a member of the Health Careers Society. During his sophomore, Uchehara was awarded a fellowship through the Dalai Lama Fellows, an international program that funds non-profit \i organizations. He was one of 20 students worldwide to be awarded a i fellowship. With the funding he received, he started a non-profit, Insight Initia- j; tive, a mentorship program for elementary school students. Currently,;! Uchehara and his team are developing a robust curriculum that will ij consist of activities that assist youth in navigating struggles they face, such as self-image, self-love, bullying and discrimination. His greatest accomplishment in establishing his own non-profit is that la it can I function without him being hands-on. When Uchehara pursues w his graduate school education this fall, his goal is to take the curricu- 4 lum with him and implement a branch of the initiative there. Uchehara cites that his passion for service stems from his mother, who ij was a nurse in the community, and father, who was a local politician, ij before they left Nigeria. His parents instilled in him that serving is the ij greatest contribution he could make to society. With acceptances to medical schools such as the University of Mich- d igan, University of Florida, Medical College of Georgia, Meharry Med- i ical School and Georgetown, Uchehara aspires to work in minority d communities to combat health disparities. He is heavily interested in obtaining a master’s in business administration and practicing cardiol- ogy. He will attend Duke Medical School in the fall. Roy McReynolds III Roy McReynolds III is a senior Biology major with a minor in Neuro science from Atlanta, Georgia. He aspires to become a researcher and I tenured professor at either a liberal arts institution or Tier 1 research r institution. After graduating in May, he will enroll in the Neuroscience f Ph.D. program at the University of California-Los Angeles to pursue his interest in specializing in neurodegenerative diseases, which are the effects of a deteriorating nervous system. Over the summer, McReynolds will participate in the Summer in Neu- • roscience Excellence and Success, a three-week program hosted at the . Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. He will also participate in the Competitive Edge Summer Enrichment program at UCLA. While McReynolds matriculated through Morehouse, he served as ; sophomore and senior liaison in the honors program and participated in the RISE and MARCs research programs. He was inducted into Phi , Beta Kappa and was a New Student Orientation leader. He was also recognized as both a Hopps and an ARCS Foundation Scholar. To pursue his passion for research, McReynolds examined various ; therapeutic polymers in Dr. Juana Mendenhall’s laboratory. He also ■ conducted research in Dr. Valerie Haftel's laboratory studying nanopar- ;] tides and diabetic neuropathy. McReynolds’ love for neuroscience stems from a summer opportunity i