""I didn't understand why I had access to food and other children my age didn't, and that didn't make sense in my head at the time. Injustice was something that always shaped my path and I wanted to do something about that.""
""I heard students from all different backgrounds talk about work they'd done in public health, and a lot of them mentioned nutrition. That kind of clicked in my head. I had a lightbulb moment and since then I've been on a path to work at the intersection between nutrition, medicine, and public health.""
""The myasthenia gravis, Lima Vieira said, was a wake-up call that made her more aware of her own health and the importance of nutrition in public health.""
Luiza Lima Vieira grew up in Brazil, witnessing poverty and hunger among children in Sao Paulo, which sparked her desire to address these injustices. Her journey led her to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she earned a master's in nutrition. A pivotal moment occurred during her undergraduate studies at Cornell, where a symposium inspired her to focus on public health. However, her path was complicated by a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune condition that required significant medical intervention.
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