Mia Snowden represents as a member of the Congress for Future Medical Leaders. (Photo Credit: Natalie Snowden)
FLOYDADA, TX — Mia Snowden, a Senior at Floydada Collegiate High School of Floydada is a
Delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders to be held June 26 – June 28, 2024, just outside
Boston, on the University of Massachusetts Lowell campus.
The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who want to become physicians or go
into medical research fields. The purpose of this event is to honor, inspire, motivate and direct the top
students in the country interested in these careers, to stay true to their dream and, after the event, to
provide a path, plan and resources to help them reach their goal.
Mia’s nomination was signed by Dr. Mario Capecchi, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine and the
Science Director of the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists to represent Texas
based on her academic achievement, leadership potential and determination to serve humanity in the field
of medicine.
During the three-day Congress, Mia Snowden will join students from across the country and hear Nobel
Laureates and National Medal of Science recipients discuss leading medical research; be given advice
from Ivy League and top medical school deans on what to expect in medical school; witness stories told
by patients who are living medical miracles; be inspired by fellow teen medical science prodigies; and
learn about cutting-edge advances and the future in medicine and medical technology.
This is a crucial time in America when we need more doctors and medical scientists who are even better
prepared for a future that is changing exponentially. Focused, bright and determined students like Mia
Snowden are our future and she deserves all the mentoring and guidance we can give her.
The Academy offers free services and programs to students who want to become physicians or go into
medical science. Some of the services and programs the Academy offers are online social networks
through which future doctors and medical scientists can communicate; opportunities for students to be
guided and mentored by physicians and medical students; and communications for parents and students
on college acceptance and finances, skills acquisition, internships, career guidance and much more.
The National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists was founded on the belief that we
must identify prospective medical talent at the earliest possible age and help these students acquire the
necessary experience and skills to take them to the doorstep of this vital career. Based in Washington,
D.C. and with offices in Boston, MA, the Academy was chartered as a nonpartisan, taxpaying institution
to help address this crisis by working to identify, encourage and mentor students who wish to devote their
lives to the service of humanity as physicians, medical scientists.
