Student From War-Ravaged Nation Wins Honor at LIU
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A war-ravaged childhood in her native Sierra Leone did not deter Martha Lewis, an undergraduate student at LIU Brooklyn, from reaching for her dreams.
Overcoming trauma and displacement, the biology major is scaling the heights in her chosen field: She has been selected by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) to present her research on a specific strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria at the group’s annual meeting in San Diego this April.
“This is amazing,” Lewis, 26, of East New York, said of the prestigious honor. “It means my efforts have not gone in vain, and it gives me motivation for me to continue.”