Chioma Okwara’s journey began while she was still living in Kenya, when her 9-year-old brother was in a car accident and died due to lack of medical care. It accelerated when her parents brought her and her four remaining siblings to the United States in 2007, when she was 16 years old.
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“I didn’t choose medicine, it chose me,” said Okwara. “The hope that I can help others has sustained me.”
Adjusting to the American education system was challenging, but with support during her undergraduate years at UMass Boston, Okwara realized her dream of entering UMass Medical School. Today she was elated that she will begin her internal medicine residency at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, her first choice.
“I am so grateful,” was all she could utter amidst the shouts of joy from family and friends, including her dancing mother and beaming father.
