Da’Kuawn Johnson
Hall of Fame 2017 Cohort
Majoring in STEM
High School Graduation Year: 2013
Year First Awarded the Carson Scholarship, School: 2006, Federal Hill Preparatory School
Sponsored by: The Abell Foundation
Da’Kuawn is a senior at the University of Maryland – Baltimore County (UMBC) studying biochemistry, molecular biology, and Spanish. As a freshman, he was a third author on a research publication in the scientific journal Diabetes. Da’Kuawn has received several distinguished honors including being named a Meyerhoff Premier Scholar and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Exceptional Research Opportunity Program (Exrop) Scholar at Yale University. Da’Kuawn is passionate about the field of STEM and helping other students succeed academically. In college, he serves as a tutor and an undergraduate teaching assistant. He also judges and volunteers his time at high school science fairs, and visits his old high school to share college application advice with students.
Da’Kuawn is strong-willed and strong-hearted, and continues to persevere even when life tries to shoot him down. “Titanium” by David Guetta best describes him.
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