Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey is a writer and aspiring physician-scientist from Chicago. She graduated from the University of Chicago in 2021 with a B.A. in Creative Writing with honors and a minor in Biological Sciences. From 2021–2024, she was a PROPEL Post-Baccalaureate Scholar at UCSF, conducting full-time research in cancer immunology and immunotherapy.
She is passionate about bridging the humanities and STEM, advocating for accessibility and equity in academia for underrepresented minority students. She is currently a second-year MD-PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, studying cancer immunology and autoimmunity to understand biological differences in the tumor and chronically inflamed microenvironments.
Leadership Experience
- Advocate and leader for organizations supporting underrepresented minority students in STEM and academia
- Researcher in cancer immunology and immunotherapy
Writer and editor with publications in Eunoia Review, BULL, Hobart, The Cincinnati Review, The Xylom, MedPage Today, and KevinMD
