Akanksha Sharma is a second-year medical student at Lincoln Memorial University–DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine. Originally from India, she immigrated to the United States when she was 11 years old and completed her undergraduate education at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. During her undergraduate studies, she conducted research on mutations in melanopsin receptors and gained experience working collaboratively in a laboratory setting. Before medical school, she worked as a medical and administrative assistant in a psychiatry practice, where she supported patients receiving TMS and Spravato treatment. She has also volunteered as a crisis counselor and at a local food pantry. Her interests include family medicine, internal medicine, and psychiatry, and she looks forward to exploring these fields throughout her medical training.