Dr. Mariah Owusu-Agyei, originally from Ghana, moved to the Bronx, New York, at the age of seven. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where she explored interests in finance and worked as a financial analyst in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Driven by a longstanding passion for medicine, Dr. Owusu-Agyei returned to Penn for her medical education. She then completed her dermatology residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital.