McNamara graduate hopes to help people ‘feel beautiful in their own skin
Addressing her own skin issues and finding a doctor she could relate to lead Amber Wimbish to choose what she would pursue as her future career.
Wimbish – who graduates this year from Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Maryland – said she decided to become a dermatologist because “with my own issues, I went to numerous dermatologists – some contributed to my healing and some did not.”
“One of my best (doctors) was a young black female dermatologist who kind of inspired me,” Wimbish said. “You do not see many dermatologists who look like me.”
As a dermatologist, Wimbish said it is her goal “to help make people feel beautiful in their skin because I know how it was to have self-esteem issues because of your skin.”