{"id":15857,"date":"2026-07-17T06:09:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T06:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collegetrack.tealmedia.dev\/?post_type=scholar_story&p=15857"},"modified":"2026-07-17T06:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T06:09:29","slug":"miles-milestones-and-match-day-adwoas-cross-country-journey-to-pgy1","status":"publish","type":"scholar_story","link":"https:\/\/collegetrack.org\/es\/scholar-stories\/miles-milestones-and-match-day-adwoas-cross-country-journey-to-pgy1\/","title":{"rendered":"Miles, Milestones, and Match Day: Adwoa\u2019s Cross-Country Journey to PGY1"},"template":"","community_tax":[156],"partner":[],"program":[],"class_list":["post-15857","scholar_story","type-scholar_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","community_tax-aurora-co"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":15859,"authors":"","abstract":"","helper_taxonomies":{"article_type":false,"community_tax":[156],"partner":false,"program":false,"role":false,"region":false}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"AURORA, CO (July 17, 2026)<\/b> Adwoa, a College Track alumna and Colorado native, had long been aware of the colleges and universities in her community. But she hadn\u2019t yet discovered where she would call home for her own college experience.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThat changed during high school, when Adwoa and her <\/span>College Track Aurora<\/span><\/a> peers participated in a College Track\u2013sponsored out-of-state college tour, visiting institutions such as Wake Forest University and the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. It was on that trip that the idea of attending college outside Colorado first took root.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cI was really excited to be there at Wake Forest University. The campus is beautiful, and I was fascinated,\u201d Adwoa recalled. \u201cI didn\u2019t even know this was an option that was available to me.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\nWhat once felt like a distant possibility soon became reality when Adwoa chose to attend college out of state. In 2017, she enrolled at Wake Forest University, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Medicinal Chemistry. She knew from a young age that she wanted to be a pharmacist. With a clear vision for her future, she set her sights on achieving this goal and mapped out the path ahead: complete her undergraduate degree and then attend pharmacy school.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThat next step would take her just \u201cdown the street\u201d to UNC Chapel Hill. During that same College Track tour, Adwoa remembered feeling overwhelmed when she first visited UNC. \u201cWhen I went to UNC, I was like, this school is too big. It was huge. It\u2019s a huge public school,\u201d she said.<\/span>\r\n\r\nBut after four years studying in North Carolina, she knew she was capable of taking on the challenge. Her determination only grew stronger knowing that UNC is home to one of the top pharmacy programs in the country. Realizing she was exactly where she needed to be fueled her pursuit of graduate school.<\/span>\r\n\r\nNow, after years of hard work, Adwoa is preparing to graduate this May with her pharmacy degree. She has matched <\/span>to her first-choice PGY1 residency program at<\/span> The MetroHealth System<\/span> (Cleveland, OH)<\/span><\/a>, marking an exciting step toward becoming an ambulatory care pharmacist. <\/span>Her mission is clear: improve access to healthcare and medications for underserved communities.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cMy goal is to improve access to care and access to medications for underserved populations,\u201d she said. \u201cThat drives everything I do while in pharmacy school. That\u2019s my end goal and where I want to be.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\nReflecting on her journey from Aurora to Wake Forest and now UNC, Adwoa is grateful for the experiences that expanded her sense of possibility.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cI definitely wanted to go out of state, just to be a little away from home, so I was excited to attend a school outside of Colorado,\u201d she said. \u201cI met some of my closest friends in college.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\nShe also credits College Track with introducing her to the schools that would shape her academic path.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cI went to Wake Forest University for undergrad. It was actually through College Track that I learned about Wake Forest, because we did an out-of-state college tour in North Carolina,\u201d she said. \u201cI also learned about UNC during that visit, and now I\u2019m at UNC for pharmacy school. It\u2019s kind of a full-circle moment.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\nThis summer, 450+ College Track scholars will travel and spend a week on Northern Arizona University (NAU)\u2019s campus, taking classes, experiencing dorm life, and visualizing their higher education futures, while College Track sites continue to host campus visits throughout the year. For some scholars, these trips will mark their very first time stepping onto a college campus. This experience can bring a mix of emotions: awe, curiosity, nervousness, and excitement about what lies ahead.<\/span>\r\n\r\nMoments like these are often where new possibilities begin to take shape. For College Track scholars, gaining access to campuses, meeting college communities, and seeing themselves in these spaces can become powerful building blocks for their futures. 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