Dr. Araba Otoo received the 2022 Student of the Year Award from the American Optometric Student Association (AOSA.) She has started her practice career in a residency in the VA system, and is motivated to drive a global ocular wellness mindset into the profession. As a child in Ghana, she malingered to get glasses when she was very young. Her impressionable mind was pushed toward eyecare due to seeing her parents experience eye issues. She is a graduate of The Ohio State University College of Optometry and she also has an MPH from the University of Illinois - Chicago, all as a result of a journey that found her involved in a cancer research lab when her family moved to Chicago. Her story involves a lot of surprises that did not turn out as she had planned.

The Stories within the Story include:

0:58 The Ghana Story

2:34 The Love of Cooking Story

3:59 The Malingerer Story

8:32 The Family’s Eyecare Story

14:45 The Chicago Story

36:11 The Not My Way Story

37:02 The AOSA Student of the Year Story

44:05 The Optometry as Public Health Story

49:29 The Future Story

Runtime: 54 min.