Sherri Rose grew up in poverty and violence. Adjusting to college life was a struggle, but she was laser-focused on her courses in hopes of finding a path to a stable future. In fact, she was part of the first group of undergraduates in the Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS) at Boston University, which solidified her determination to earn a PhD. She is now associate professor at Harvard Medical School and co-director of the Health Policy Data Science Lab.

