Her family’s experience receiving health care in a tribal clinic also made applying for the scholarship meaningful. “CPN is really going above and beyond and providing health care professionals who are really engaged with the community.”“A medical professional who understands that these health care practices can coexist and incorporates them into their practice can really improve the quality of care for Native American people. Lewis also serves as an officer in the UT Dallas chapter of the American Medical Women’s Association and is the founding president of UT Dallas’ Native American Student Association. “Lilly has also been helping to build greater community awareness on UTD’s campus of the Native American people in the North Texas region. With her campus involvement and activism, I am confident she is helping prepare for further Native American scholarship applicants to come here, too.”