Growing up in Commerce, Georgia, Morgan Byers became aware of limited medical access and high maternal mortality rates, particularly affecting southern women. Motivated by these issues, she is pursuing a dual concentration in human developmental and regenerative biology, alongside government, with the aim of improving access to healthcare in rural areas. Byers experiences at Harvard and a summer in Portugal studying universal healthcare further fueled her passion for bringing sustainable medical solutions to underserved populations, hoping to tackle preventable diseases in medical deserts.
"The South has the worst maternal mortality rates in the country, which is due to a complicated recipe of racial and gender discrimination, socioeconomic inequity, and limited access to reproductive healthcare."
"My ultimate goal is to focus on bringing access to individuals in rural medical deserts to curb preventable disease."
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