MERIT Scholar Jessica Cooley recently spoke at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Grand Rounds alongside U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings. In her moving remarks, Jessica described the enlightening experience of witnessing a surgery for the first time during her MERIT clinical internship. Watching this surgery and shadowing compassionate and dedicated pediatricians solidified Jessica's goal of becoming a pediatric surgeon. Congressman Cummings delivered an impassioned and