#BLPexcellence watchtheyard 🙌🏾 Alena Analeigh McQuarter, a trailblazer in science and medicine, made history at 13-years-old as the youngest Black person ever accepted into medical school in the United States. This spring, at 16-years-old, she became a proud Spring 2025 initiate of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. through the Lambda Nu Sigma Alumnae Chapter in Toronto, Canada(canadian_sgrhos). Born in 2008 in Fontana, California and raised near Fort Worth, Texas, Alena has consistently defied expectations. After graduating high school at just 12 years old, she attended Arizona State University, originally majoring in astronomical and planetary science and chemistry. Her career goal was to become a NASA engineer, an ambition she pursued by interning at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, becoming the youngest person ever to hold an internship there. Her focus shifted to medicine after a transformative trip to Jordan with her nonprofit, Brown STEM Girl. Moved by global health disparitie...