Jenessa Oviok
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In 2019, she attended a summer camp at the University of California Los Angeles for students interested in medicine.
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Oviok pursued that interest after watching her nephew struggle.
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So Oviok started at UAF in fall 2019. She said she likes the atmosphere.
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