THERESA ANN DICKERSON, MS

Impacting the world by encouraging and empowering one girl at a time

Theresa Dickerson founded the social impact project Project Girl Undefined through her involvement in the Miss America Scholarship Organization, which grants young women the opportunity to earn scholarship money for college and provide a platform to serve their local communities. She holds a degree in English Writing, a minor in Spanish, and a certificate in the Conceptual Foundations of Medicine from the University of Pittsburgh. Additionally, she holds a Master of Science in Medical Physiology from Case Western Reserve University. Today, Theresa Dickerson is a medical student at UNC School of Medicine interested in a surgical speciality that involves pediatric care.
At UNC SOM, Theresa Dickerson serves as the Co-President of the Student National Medical Association, the Co-Lead of the Learning in Leadership at Carolina Program, and the 2023 Zollicoffer-Cross Community Health Fellow.
Project Girl Undefined aims to provide girls, locally and internationally, with the resources and support needed to achieve their academic aspirations, combat gender inequality in education, and increase the representation of women in underrepresented academic fields.