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Portrait of Kanesha Banks

Honor Society® member

Kanesha Banks

  • Biology Pre Med/Business Administration
  • Class of 2023
  • Hazlehurst, Ms

Member since April 2023

About

Hi, my name is Kanesha Banks; and I knew by the age of 10 years old that I wanted to be a doctor. Most specifically, I have a passion for cardiology. I also would like to help the world nationally with the usage and the availability of hospitals in rural areas and across the country.

Education

  • Holmes CC

    business administration

    2016 – 2023

  • Alcorn State University

    biology/pre-med

    2015 – 2016

  • Ridgeland High School

    2010 – 2014

Honors and awards

  • Colorguard Captain

    Flag and rifle throws with the band

  • Certificate of Completion

    Amazon TDR training

  • Who’s Got Jazz

    Jazz band; tenor and alto saxophone

  • Third in State

    Poetry Out Loud

  • Tonality

    Alto saxohone/ band

  • Honorary Member of the ESU

    English Speaking Union

  • Swac Champion

    Band

  • MCAT Prep selectory

    Selected students who are to believe to succeed throughout medschool

  • Superior rated

    Concert band

  • Superior rated

    Choir

  • State Champion

    Band

  • Student Government rep

    Student government body

  • “Hablo espanol” Sales Rep

    Autozone recognition

  • Perfect Attendance

    No absence award

  • Treasurer of Shakespeare Club

    The study of Shakespeare

  • Best dressed formal wear

    Beauty and Beau

  • Mary Baldwin scholarship

    Mary Baldwin University

  • Section Leader

    Choir role

  • Most Improved

    Improvement award

  • Beauty and Beau contestant

    Who’s Who pageant

  • Special Recognition

    Honoree mentions

  • Ms. Runner Up

    Pageant

  • Miss Mississippi River contestant

    Scholarship Pageant

  • Honor Roll

    All A’s and B’s report

  • Principal Scholar

    All A’s report

  • Most Talented

    Who’s Who contest

  • First chair player

    Trumpet/ band

Goals and interests

Career goal

I would like to study the heart, for vernacular standards, cardiology.

Graduate school interests

Medical School (UMMC)

Outside the classroom

-music (alto and tenor saxophone; trumpet; piano; acoustic and electric guitar)
-dance/color guard (flag, swing flag, rifle, and saber)
-poetry (Langton Hughes, Emerson, Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe)
-reading (non-fiction and fiction)
-cooking

Volunteering

  • Volunteer Team

    Gleaners

    Jun 2010 – Jan 2023

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced
  • Spanish Intermediate
  • Russian Intermediate
  • Chinese (Simplified) Beginner

Additional information

  • Young People on the Move