8 winners of prestigious Flinn Scholarship choose ASU (opens in new tab)

After growing up seeing two family members struggle with cancer, Michelle Luna knew she wanted to pursue a college major that could help people.She found it after attending a “day in the life of a biomedical engineer” experience at Arizona State University during high school.“I saw all the different opportunities to research chronic illnesses or create prosthetics or medical devices, and I thought it was really something I wanted to do as a career,” she said.