Hi! My name is Katie McGraw, I am from Grand Rapids, Michigan and I went to college at Michigan State University (Go Green!) in East Lansing, Michigan. I love science and in college, I studied to become a medical laboratory scientist, we work in the laboratories of hospitals and help doctors understand why their patients are sick.
In the summer of 2022, I had the chance to spend a month in Malawi, which is a small country on the continent of Africa. During this trip, the other students and I explored the country and learned about how their hospitals and laboratories work compared to ours back home in the United States. Ever since I returned home from this trip, I knew that I wanted to work in different countries across the world. I hope one day to become a doctor to help people in the United States and other countries be healthy and happy.
This year, I have the exciting opportunity to travel back to Malawi with the Fulbright program, I will be spending 9 months there, learning more about the culture and a disease called malaria. I hope that the work that I do will help the doctors and nurses save more lives in Malawi!
Want to learn how you could be a Fulbright Scholar like me? The Fulbright Program is the United States government's flagship international exchange program. Fulbrighters foster mutual understanding between the United States and partner nations, share knowledge across communities, and improve lives around the world. Learn more by clicking here!
