Viranshi Vira
Viranshi Vira is a rising freshman at Case Western Reserve University. She is very passionate about studying inequities in healthcare. She has published a paper in the Research Archive of Rising Scholars about the racial disparities in maternal mortality rates and spoke about her research at the Polygence Symposium and an international science discussion group. She has also published an article in Teen Ink about health insurance inequities in Indigenous communities and spoke more in depth about this topic at an international science discussion group. She and her peers organized a school walkout to protest the overturn of Roe v. Wade and advocate for reproductive rights, which had a turnout of almost 600 people. Viranshi hopes to work to combat the consequences of health care disparities and work to increase accessibility to quality healthcare for everyone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkwjrV6fCz0
