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Whitney M. Boston is a 2008 graduate
of South Carolina State University with
a BS degree in Chemistry and one of
the first African American females to
pioneer the Radiochemistry program at
the university as well. She is currently
enrolled in South Carolina College of
Pharmacy (MUSC Campus) and a
Pharm.D. May 2012 Candidate. Whitney was also a member
of the SCAMP program where she gained much of her
internship opportunities and found her desire for pharmacy.
Ashley R. Gathers is a 2009
graduate of Claflin University with
a BS in Biochemistry. She has
received numerous honors and
awards including the Presidential
Academic Award, Dean’s List,
and Who’s Who Among Student s
in American Colleges and
Universities. She is currently in the Medical Science Post-
Baccalaureate program at Hampton University earning an MS
degree. Ashley’s internships at the University of Pennsylvania
and Eastern Virginia Medical School with Children’s Hospital
of the King’s Daughters helped her realize how vital a career
in the STEM area is and how participating in these programs
are a helpful avenue for African-American’s to pursue careers
in these areas.
Briosha Sanders is a sophomore
Biology major as well as a
Women and Gender Studies minor
at the College of Charleston. She
is an active member of the Honors
College, SCAMP, the college’s
National Organization for Women,
and SCOPE (Safe Campus Outreach, Prevention, and
Education). In Spring 2011, she was awarded the New
Student Leader Award by the college’s Higdon Leadership
Center and was nominated as Woman of the Year in campus
diversity and leadership affairs. Pursuing an interest in
Medicine, Briosha spent her previous summer shadowing
doctors in a clinical rotation at the Spartanburg Regional
Healthcare System in Spartanburg, SC. Briosha shares that “I
always knew I was interested in science and wanted to work in
the medical field. When I performed my first dissection, I
knew without a doubt that I loved science.”
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Brooke King is a senior Biology major at
the College of Charleston. She is serving as
the president of the campus’ National Pan-
Hellenic Council. Brooke volunteers at the
Medical University of South Carolina in the
Emergency Department as well as at
MUSC's Children's Hospital. She plans to
attend MUSC to become a pediatrician.
Joseph J. McLeod, is a 2001 graduate of
South Carolina State University with a BS
degree in Biology Education. He earned his
Masters in Health Administration from the
Medical University of South Carolina in
2003. He is currently the program manager/
technical school liaison in the LS-SCAMP
state office. McLeod credits SCAMP with
providing him with unique undergraduate internships
opportunities that have positively influenced his
career.McLeod says that his work in the LS-SCAMP state
office helps to continue to increase the recruitment, retention
and development of underrepresented minorities in STEM
disciplines.
Jessica D. Johnson is a 2010 graduate
of South Carolina State University with
a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics
with a medical option. Ms. Johnson
was afforded the opportunity to intern at
Wake Forest University and Winston-
Salem, NC and Oregon Health and
Science University in Portland, Oregon.
There she received experience by working one-on-one with
medical physicists. She was a member of various activities
and organization on the campus. She is currently pursuing her
Master’s degree of Science in Transportation. Jessica says, “If
you can dream it you can do it”!