The article examined racial and ethnic diversity within the profession, asking why only a small percentage of optometrists and students are Black.
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The article examined racial and ethnic diversity within the profession, asking why only a small percentage of optometrists and students are Black.
The article examined racial and ethnic diversity within the profession, asking why only a small percentage of optometrists and students are Black.
The article examined racial and ethnic diversity within the profession, asking why only a small percentage of optometrists and students are Black.
The article examined racial and ethnic diversity within the profession, asking why only a small percentage of optometrists and students are Black.
Writing about her dream to open a nursing school in Nigeria, her father’s home country, helped Aruwajoye clinch the scholarship.
Writing about her dream to open a nursing school in Nigeria, her father’s home country, helped Aruwajoye clinch the scholarship.
Writing about her dream to open a nursing school in Nigeria, her father’s home country, helped Aruwajoye clinch the scholarship.
Figuring out how to best study and prioritizing school over all else were key for Tomlin-Wilks, who is now a nurse at Mercy Hospital.
Figuring out how to best study and prioritizing school over all else were key for Tomlin-Wilks, who is now a nurse at Mercy Hospital.
Figuring out how to best study and prioritizing school over all else were key for Tomlin-Wilks, who is now a nurse at Mercy Hospital.
The clinic provides non-emergency care to patients 2 years and older and offers walk-in visits as well as scheduled appointments.
The clinic provides non-emergency care to patients 2 years and older and offers walk-in visits as well as scheduled appointments.
The clinic provides non-emergency care to patients 2 years and older and offers walk-in visits as well as scheduled appointments.