Lauryn Summers
STEM Scholars
STEM Scholar
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Affiliation
Student
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Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
Biography
Lauryn Summers is a pre-med biology student minoring in chemistry from Chicago, Illinois. Her career interest is to pursue an MD-Ph.D., then become a pediatric anesthesiologist. Summers chose to attend Howard University because of the inclusive environment and how much it reminded her of home. She feels like Howard is the best place to help her grow into the professional that she wants to be. With plans on giving back, once she is established she intends to help the University so that it can continue to flourish and develop future generations of STEM scholars. She’s chosen a career in STEM because she wants to enter the medical field. Summers plans to research how anesthesiology affects the bodies of children and to help make strides to lower the percentages of deaths related to anesthesia. She looks forward to working with children in her future career because she feels that they need to see a young African American in this field so that they can be encouraged to live up to their best potential as well.