Hometown: Hanover Park, Illinois
Major: Biology with a Pre-Medical Concentration
Future Plans: Apply to medical school
Lizette Zavala chose 天美传媒 Springfield because of the 鈥渂eautiful campus鈥� and the Capital Scholars Honors Program. She is president of the UIS chapter of HOSA-Future Health Professionals, president of Students Helping Detention Centers (SHDC), vice president of the UIS Organization for Latin American Students, a student representative for the immigration committee at UIS, as well as the student representative for the Anti-Racism & Social Justice Task Force. She is also a tutor for Organic Chemistry through the Chemistry Club and a member of Gamma Phi Omega International Sorority Inc., in addition to being a resident assistant on campus. 鈥淚 like the family aspect of UIS,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 get to know more students and faculty and feel comfortable approaching others when I am on a walk to the union or heading to the library. It feels like a second home!鈥� Following graduation, she plans to further her education by applying to a medical school.
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