Chikara Iwuagwu

Chikara Iwuagwu is from Englewood, NJ and is in her senior year of the undergraduate Nursing major. She has earned a 3.25 grade point average. Chikara is president of the Organization of African Unity, a member of Omicron Delta Kappa and Chi Alpha Epsilon and volunteers with the Black Student Union. She also is a volunteer for Mbano Community Inc., helping to raise funds for the organization’s medical mission. “Last semester I participated in the Miss Nigerian Independence Pageant and I finished as a runner up,” she says. “My grandfather once told me that I should never forget where I came from and this was my way of bringing his words to life.” Chikara plans to use her knowledge in the nursing field to open a health care center in her parents’ hometown in Nigeria.