{"id":1574,"date":"2020-02-21T16:47:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T22:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/?page_id=1574"},"modified":"2020-06-12T12:49:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T17:49:14","slug":"grace-langford","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/grace-langford\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace Langford"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 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class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to help&#8230; those who do not have access to health care, as well as those with undiagnosed auto-immune diseases<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><strong>Grace Langford<\/strong>, <span>Biology \u2013 Health Sciences concentration<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-two-fifth\" style=\"width:40%;width:calc(40% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.4 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><strong>Major:<\/strong>\u00a0Biology \u2013 Health Sciences<br \/>\n<strong>Hometown:<\/strong>\u00a0Kansas City, Missouri<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Grace Langford was a senior in high school, she was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease around the same time she found out her beloved uncle\u2019s cancer was no longer in remission. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During this stressful time, she went on a campus visit to Missouri Western and started thinking that maybe things would change if she embarked on a new journey here. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI want to help people such as my uncle (who passed away from cancer before she returned to classes in 2019), those who do not have access to health care, as well as those with undiagnosed auto-immune diseases such as I once had,\u201d she said. \u201cI can confidently say 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