Celebrating Black History Month—JeMya McClendon

JeMya McClendon is a master’s degree student who is studying nutrition at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. She attended Howard University and came to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in fall 2021. She is interested in pursuing medical school in order to positively affect health outcomes for Black communities and other communities of color. McClendon is a graduate student employee of The Graduate School’s Diversity and Student Success program.