Brookewood senior, inspired by father’s care, wants to become a doctor

Not long after her father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2019, Allison Hunt, a Brookewood School senior, firmly decided what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. She credits the prayers of many for her dad’s restoration to good health, but also remembers the great care, compassion and dedication of the medical team who helped her dad beat cancer. As a result, she hopes to head to medical school after college, study oncology and become a doctor like those at Georgetown University Medical Center through whose hands God worked a miracle for her family.

This fall, Hunt’s journey toward that goal will begin at the University of Notre Dame, where she will major in biology on a full scholarship.

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