Afia Opoku
Afia Opoku
Hometown
Nashville, TN
Major
Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology
Personal Career Interests
MD; aim to become a pediatric neurologist and own my own clinic
Reason I Chose My Major
Diversity and medicine has always been sparse and as a black woman it's hard finding people who look like me in the medical field, so I just wanted to be the change that I want other young black girls to see.
Extracurricular Activities
- Vice president of the National Society of Black Women in Medicine
- Resident Assistant at Fred D. Brown
- train medical scribe at St. Thomas, Ascension,
- chancellor’s honors program,
- community service chair of African student Association