Tiyana Davis, a native from Richmond, Virginia, is a senior at the Old Dominion University School of Dental Hygiene and a member of the Perry Honors College. She is currently in her last semester of dental hygiene school. She hopes to inspire the next generation of dental professionals and students.

Chance Johnson is a current second-year dental student at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine! She grew up in Teaneck, NJ and attended William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, where she graduated with a BS in Psychology. Following her undergraduate degree, she moved to Boston, MA, where she received her Master’s in Oral Health Sciences at Boston University. Chance hopes to be a role model for underrepresented dental students across the nation and her goal is to help eliminate health disparities. 

Ashton Poole is a first-generation doctor/dentist from Boiling Springs, South Carolina. Ashton received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Queens University of Charlotte where he also competed in collegiate track and field. Ashton is currently in his third year of dental school at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine. Ashton currently serves as the MUSC Student National Dental Association (SNDA) chapter president. His future plans are to practice general dentistry in an underserved community. 

Edika Quevedo Dejesus is a current D2 student at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (Class of 2026). She is a first-generation doctor/dentist from Elizabeth New Jersey and of Hispanic ethnicity. She attended Rutgers University for graduate studies with a major in Biological Sciences and a minor in Religion. Currently she serves as a National Health Service Corps (NHSC) scholar and advocate for service to those in underserved areas.

Vicky Tran graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2022 before entering the University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry (UCSF SOD). Currently, she is a D2 student at UCSF SOD and also a NHSC scholar. Some of her hobbies include going to the gym, cooking and fiber arts.

Rebekah Webster is a 3rd year dental student at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (RSDM). After graduating from Columbia University with her BS in Chemical Engineering, she moved back home to Nashville, TN to focus on her research with Vanderbilt University and to pursue a singing career in the gospel music industry. She published two manuscripts regarding biometric analysis for early disease detection, was signed to Integrity Music with her band Nashville Life Music and reached #3 on Billboard’s gospel music charts. After five years, she decided to pivot her career to something that would allow her to express her creativity while satisfying her love of hands-on patient care. Currently, she serves as the president of the RSDM chapter of Student National Dental Association (SNDA) and will be graduating in 2025. 

Curtis Burrill II joined ADEA in 2022 and serves as Senior Director, Recruitment and Outreach for Dental Education, in the Office of Educational Services ( Pathways, Policy, and Research). In this role, Curtis leads the development, implementation, and achievement of ADEA’s Centralized Application Services strategic recruitment plan. Curtis has a M.Ed. in Student Personnel Administration from Springfield College and a B.S. in Landscape Horticulture from the University of Maine.