Kayla Young
STEM Scholars
STEM Scholar
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Affiliation
Student
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Hometown
Charlotte, North Carolina
Biography
Kayla Young is a biology student from Charlotte, North Carolina. Her career goals are to earn a MD-Ph.D. and go into neurological research for issues such as autism and Alzheimer's. Young says she chose to attend Howard to immerse herself in a new environment and to push herself outside of her comfort zone. Howard represents a community that she has craved to be a part of throughout her entire life. Young is pursuing STEM because she passionately believes that all STEM fields working interdependently are the solution to many of the problems in the world. She is eager to jump into this next phase of life, and she is confident that Howard is the place to be. Through her future career goals, Young would like to serve as a STEM mentor for young black girls and be a positive role model for those who don't believe that achieving their big goals can be accomplished. Young says more representation is needed in many fields across many industries, and she hopes to show that it can be done with hard work and determination.