Candace McCollum

Candace McCollum

Candace McCollum has been working in Radio since 2012 in the Chicago Market. She has a passion for news, writing, and Radio and knew at an early age...Full Bio

 

13 Year Old Black Girl Becomes Youngest Accepted To Medical School

Come on now! Alena Analeigh Wicker has made history by becoming the youngest Black person – and the youngest person ever – to get accepted into medical school. After a trip to Jordan with The Brown STEM Girl foundation, she fell in love with biology and realized that wasn’t the route she wanted to go. She received an early acceptance to the University of Alabama Birmingham’s Heersink School of Medicine under its Burroughs Wellcome Scholars Early Assurance Program! For more info on this amazing and inspiring story, click on link below:


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