A Fresno State graduate has earned a prestigious fellowship to help pursue her dream of becoming a doctor.
She’s not the first Fresno State grad to receive the award, but she did receive the highest amount ever given to a Bulldog.
Keyara Piri is a proud daughter of immigrants.
Her parents moved to the U.S. from Iran and she spent almost all of her life in Fresno, attending University High School and Fresno State as a President’s Scholar in the Smittcamp Family Honors College.
Now, she’s continuing her education across the country.
Piri is pursuing her passion of becoming a doctor in Baltimore, Maryland, and is now attending medical school at Johns Hopkins University.
“It’s been awesome so far, so I can’t wait to see what else they have in store,” Piri said.
She’s celebrating her new venture and a recent major award that will help with her schooling.
This summer, Piri was selected to receive a Marcus L. Urann Fellowship from Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.
The fellowship provides $20,000 toward her tuition.