Crystal Lipsey is a doctoral student at Morehouse School of Medicine who studies the biological relationship between cancer and obesity.

Despite adversity, she has excelled in her program and was awarded fellowships at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

We sat down to interview Crystal and managed an advertorial account to share her story in Diversity in STEAM Magazine’s Fall/Summer 2018 issue.

Read more about the role mentorship played in helping her achieve her research goals (pg. 85).