Salma Asous, a graduate of Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn, is a student at the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education. Her goal is to become a physician who best serves her community by understanding the people who comprise it. In high school, Salma founded a multicultural newsletter to educate students about diversity. Salma has served as a student representative on Congressman Michael McMahon’s student advisory board, where she deepened her understanding of the problems plaguing the community. Salma also has volunteered at the Arab-American Association of New York, where she tutored immigrant students. She has participated in Model United Nation conferences and volunteered at the CCNY health fair. As secretary of the CCNY chapter of Physicians for Human Rights, she works to help publicize important human-rights issues. She also assists with laboratory research and is a volunteer at Harlem Hospital.