Heeran Karim is a Pre-Med double majoring in Studio Art and Human Biology from Sterling, Virginia. She learned a variety of art styles at a very young age from watching endless hours of YouTube videos and constantly experimenting. Her passion in art began with painting, crafting with duct tape, sculpting with polymer clay, and drawing cartoons with her treasured Prismacolors. She has lived by being “artistically spontaneous” to consistently learn new styles of art. Through her high school yearbook program, she became Editor and Chief, designing yearbook spreads, photographing, writing stories, and video editing. From this experience, she developed the idea of a literary magazine for the Echols Scholars Program, spreading her artistic abilities into her journalistic interests. She further joined Cavalier Daily Graphics at UVA, learning to digitally draw, and she extended this newfound skill to create scientific graphics for her Neuroscience Lab. Lastly, she channeled her love for drawing and educating herself on new forms of art by taking Lithography and Relief, eventually declaring studio art with a concentration in printmaking as her major. In her journey of becoming a doctor, she hopes to blend her passion for medicine and art by way of augmenting medical illustrations to capture the detailed and hands-on nature of medicine for improved instruction. Heeran is honored to be a part of the Miller Arts Scholars Program and is eager to work with faculty and students who share her artistic endeavors.