The Maroon tiger. (Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia) 19??-current, July 19, 2018, Image 83

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Brandon Brown A Bio Pre-med major from th# Southside of Chicago is focus^i on elevating himself and pavingl the way for his brothers. Thougip he’s only a freshman, Brando® Brown has already managed tdf create a reputation for himself 6m campus. He is a part of National Society' of Black Engineers (NSBE) as’ well as CASA, he participated!; in the Amber Camps program^ and has been accepted into thdt Morehouse School of Medicine^ Pipeline Program as well as Darai mouth Medical Research Prof! gram for this upcoming summegjg Upon graduation he plans to a||| tend medical school in hopes off! possibly becoming a neurosuritf. geon. What separates Brown fromf the rest of the freshman class is. his reason for wanting success. | Brandon claims that his drive to be great comes front! his mom, saying that before he “never really saw the pdtnf||sj community service.” But front| "looking at the impact it has on', other people’s lives,” he has be-|r come way more inclined to hera| those around him, whether it’s byt leading by example as a student^ or participating in community ■ service events. As a Chicago native, Brown has noticed a major difference in the quality of resources given to res^ idents of the Northside versus those on the Southside. “Seeing the difference infdj||| neighborhoods and their neigh-f borhoods, I was like man I realtyf need to make a change. That’s why I came to Morehouse, to ac quire all the knowledge and tools' to make that change in my com- munity. ” Brown said. f By the time he’s a senior Brown mentioned the legacy that he wants to leave. “I want them to be like ‘That’s the man on campus. That’s the guy you need to get to know.’” The reason behind want-, ing this legacy is again rooted in ; being able to help others with the platform that he hopes to create for himself. He mentioned hqvyf one of his Georgetown Medical School-bound on-campus menff tors helped a fellow Morehouse