Representation Matters: Increasing Diversity within Genetic Counseling

Bryana Rivers is a second-year genetic counseling student in the University of Cincinnati Genetic Counseling Program. As an African American female in a field that is over 90% White, Bryana has a passion for increasing diversity within the profession of genetic counseling. Bryana talks about possible reasons for the lack of diversity within the field, ways this might be addressed, and shares her own path to the field of genetic counseling.