# @harvard on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi2DmozhhVK
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21654201-harvard-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-05-16T16:14:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Harvard University (@harvard) — https://gondola.cc/harvard

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Lindsay D’Amato took a circuitous route from Missouri to the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, via graduate school in California, a two-year Peace Corps stint in Panama — and a detour for brain surgery.⠀
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She grew up in St. Louis nurturing a budding interest in the sciences and went on to study biological engineering at mizzou.⠀
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After graduation, she joined a civil engineering master’s degree program that combined a year of study at ucdavis, with two years in the field doing hands-on water and sanitation work. After her year in California, D’Amato left for rural Panama, where she raised money and installed a solar-powered electric water pump. She later coordinated with the Colorado nonprofit Bridges to Prosperity to put in a bridge so people heading to work and school could cross a nearby river that regularly swells in the rain.⠀
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At Harvard, while doing an externship at Massachusetts General Hospital, that D’Amato noticed problems with the vision in one eye. She went for an MRI and doctors found a brain tumor. D’Amato endured a 7½ hour successful surgery and weeks of recovery, and will soon graduate — on time — from harvarddentalmed.⠀
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This is part of a series showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates leading into our #Harvard18 Commencement.⠀
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Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer

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