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Makayla Ollivierre is a biology student from Bowie, Maryland. She aspires to earn a Ph.D. in microbiology and to also become an orthodontist or oral surgeon. Ollivierre says she chose a STEM-related discipline because of her passion for discovering new things. Learning something new about the world or the universe drives her to work even harder and to find out more about the unknown. She chose Howard because she wants to work and learn with people who not only have the same passions as her, but who look like her and can relate to her experiences. Ollivierre wants to be someone kids can look up to. She says she wants young kids to look at her and say, "she looks like me and has accomplished so much, maybe I can too." Ollivierre wants to instill the same passion she has for STEM into someone else so they can also find joy in new discoveries.