T’Emi Oshin: Wayne State’s first Obama-Chesky voyager scholar

Oshin's commitment to advocacy began during her school years in Midland. As a junior at H.H. Dow High School, she founded the Black Student Alliance after conversations with fellow Black students revealed a need for greater connection and a safe space to discuss their experiences. For T’Emi Oshin, medicine was never simply about what happens inside a clinic. Long before college, the Midland native imagined herself becoming a doctor. But as she grew older, science, public health and community work broadened that ambition, showing her that improving lives can begin well before a patient reaches an examination room. At 20, Oshin is now a junior at Wayne State University, studying public health and neuroscience while preparing for medical school, states an online report by Midland Daily News. Alongside her academic journey, she has built a record of youth advocacy and community leadership that has recently earned her two significant honours. Scroll down to read about her journey.A first for Wayne StateIn September, Oshin was selected for the 2026-28 class of Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholars, becoming the first student from Wayne State University to receive the public service scholarship, ...