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Diversity efforts in Rutgers physician assistant program pays off

In Ghana, Asana Rashad’s grandmother sold her hand-sewn wedding dress so her granddaughter could afford to attend grade school.

The girl who once walked barefoot to school went on to college thanks to a student exchange program in the U.S, then chose to pursue her goal to be a physician assistant.