# @harvard on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Biz6hF-BNJ9
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21654206-harvard-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-05-15T20:16:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Harvard University (@harvard) — https://gondola.cc/harvard

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Margot Mai’s interest in medicine began as a child in California, when her mother showed her a magazine article about Doctors Without Borders. Mai came to Harvard to pursue biology and pre-med, only to discover anthropology, and changed her concentration early in her sophomore year.⠀
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“A couple of things have become clear to me during my time at Harvard: how I envision health and how I want to practice health,” Mai said. “Anthropology has been really helpful for me to view medicine as very much global and holistic, far-reaching and not just limited to physical symptoms and a biomedical report.”⠀
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Mai spent last summer in Marseille, working with a French nongovernmental organization (NGO) that aims to rehabilitate Nigerian sex workers — undocumented women who migrate to Europe through a dangerous infrastructure in search of a better life. It was her time in Marseille that solidified her ambition to become a physician-anthropologist. ⠀
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Mai intends to continue with her research, but after receiving a postgraduate Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship, is taking a gap year to practice martial arts in China. Mai is a black belt in Taekwondo, but will begin her adventure studying Chinese in Beijing.⠀
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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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Photo:  Rose Lincoln/Photographer

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