NCMS Legacy Scholarship

Ananya Shah is a dedicated and ambitious individual currently pursuing her medical degree at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, with hopes to stay in Colorado to pursue a surgical residency. Ananya has called Colorado home since the age of 2 and is a proud graduate of Fossil Ridge High School in Fort Collins. She then went on to graduate summa cum laude with a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology from the University of Colorado Denver. Ananya has consistently excelled academically while also engaging in leadership positions, student organizations, research, and community service. She is particularly passionate about working with socioeconomically underserved communities and improving access to mentorship to encourage individuals from underserved populations to pursue a career in medicine. Ananya plans to continue following her passion for surgery while also giving back to the community she has grown up in.

Gio Dumont grew up in Estes Park, Colorado, attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, and is now a first year medical student in the Rural Program at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He hopes to pursue primary care in rural northern Colorado and is particularly interested in research reducing disparities in cancer care across the state, particularly by increasing access to clinical trials, implementing screening tools suited for remote settings, and improving collaboration between distant specialists and local primary care providers. This coming year, Gio will also serve as one of the AMA Medical Student Section representatives from the University of Colorado. In his free time, Gio enjoys roasting coffee in his bread maker and baking bread (not in his bread maker).