(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)Her role models include her grandfather, a doctor in Nigeria, and her aunt, a dentist in Maryland. While still in high school, Okwuego took a college-credit summer course in neuroscience. Somkene Okwuego inserts a crown on a mock patient during a dentistry class at USC's Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry. Okwuego won a scholarship to USC’s gerontology school, where she earned both bachelor's and master's degrees in just four years. “It was so beautiful.”steve.lopez@latimes.comThis story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 03, 2023 12:24 UTC