“Education is power.” Since I was much younger, My dad has shared this phrase with me and my siblings . I never really understood what it meant until recently when, despite his poor background, he obtained immigrant visas for us to migrate from Africa to the United States. This singular achievement by my dad and the resultant effect on us has motivated me to also be a model to other girls, especially my siblings at the family level and other minority groups, as I pursue my life ambition to be a public health physician. Since being admitted into the 10th grade of Decatur High School in the U.S. in 2022, I was determined to excel academically, participate in community service, and actively engage in club activities to prepare me for college admission and leadership positions. As the firstborn and girl in my family to attend a high school in the United States, I am always aware and conscious of the fact that I remain a role model for my siblings, most especially my two junior sisters, to succeed and be useful citizens in the United States. I am the firstborn in a family of four. I see the United States as a land of opportunities; some of the challenges we face in Africa are not such issues here. For example, teenage marriage is common in northern Nigeria, where I come from. This affects the teen girls’ schooling with the resultant effect of maternal and child health problems and poverty resulting from their lack of financial independence. These girls are completely dependent on their husbands, who, in most cases, are peasant farmers. I have seen a number of my female family members die needless deaths because of their inability to afford medical care. I resolve to go into medicine to assist vulnerable groups in any part of the world where I find myself and also to inspire other females to be useful members of society. In pursuit of this target, I am combining my academic pursuits and desire to improve my grades with extracurricular activities like school clubs. I am an active member of the Black Student Association in my school. I also actively participate in community activities and have volunteered over 45 hours of community service with the Fully Furnished Ministries in Atlanta and the Wylde Center Oakhurst Garden. My efforts were rewarded by my admission to participate in the 2024 United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Disease Detective Program. This culminated in my admission to Georgia State University for a degree in Public Health under the pre-med track in the 2025 session. My current determination is to excel in my academic work to achieve my desire to be a public health physician and continue to inspire my siblings and girls from minority groups to pursue professional careers to succeed and be useful members of society in the United States. My immediate junior sister, who is currently in Middle school, is already following me by actively engaging in the robotics club, with the target of gaining admission into MIT for training in artificial intelligence. My best friend was initially reluctant to pursue higher education, but because of my motivation, she recently got admission to study nursing a Georgia University. The examples of my junior sister and friend are just a few among several others that I am in a position to inspire to enable them to reach targets in life that they never envisaged.

“Education is power.” My dad has always shared this phrase with my siblings and me since I was a child. I never really understood what it meant until recently when, despite his poor background, he obtained immigrant visas for us to migrate from Nigeria to the United States. This decision resulted from high insecurity due to the Boko Haram terrorists and the high frequency of kidnapping. I was admitted to school in the U.S. in 2022 in 10th grade after the past years of school in Nigeria. If my pursuit of a college education sails, I will be the first in my family to attend college in the United States and the first female in my nuclear and extended family to make this achievement. I am the firstborn in a family of four. As a pacesetter in the family, I will be a role model for my siblings to confidently pursue their educational desires. I see the United States as a land of opportunities; some of the challenges we face in Africa is not such an issue here. For example, teenage marriage is common in northern Nigeria, where I come from. This affects the teen girls’ schooling with the resultant effect of maternal and child health problems and poverty resulting from their lack of financial independence. These girls are completely dependent on their husbands, who, in most cases, are peasant farmers. I have seen a number of my female family members die needless deaths because of their inability to afford medical care. I resolve to go into family medicine to assist vulnerable groups in any part of the world where I find myself. In pursuit of this target, I am combining my academic pursuits and desire to improve my grades further with extracurricular activities like school clubs. I am an active member of the Black Student Association in my school. I have also started assisting vulnerable groups by participating in several voluntary activities, including volunteering on Earth Day and with the Fully Furnished Ministries in Atlanta, where I have volunteered about 50 Hours. My college plan is to continue improving and maintaining my academic grades ever though I have already been admitted into Georgia State University for a bachelor’s degree in public health (Premed ). As a Public Health Physician, I will help the minority in the United States and contribute at the local and international levels to the health of humanity. At the local level, I plan to work in rural areas of the United States, which may have the same background as where I come from, that is the health challenges of vulnerable groups. Specifically, women’s health and susceptible family groups that might not be able to afford health care at the international level, the United States are known to be a nation that is always willing to support weaker nations. I hope to key into this initiative by working with government agencies like USAID, CDC, and the National Institute for Health, where I will positively promote the diplomatic initiative of the American people by helping weaker countries at the global level to address international health challenges, including the high maternal mortality rate and communicable diseases in developing countries.