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BRONX TIMES REPORTER, M 32 ARCH 19-25, 2021 BTR
Manhattan College women
support Bronx patients
during pandemic
Photo Provided
BY JASON COHEN
As March is Women’s History
Month, Manhattan College is home
to two females who are empowering
one another and advocating for patients
and students during the pandemic.
Biology student, Shayla Gramajo
and Associate Professor, Grishma
Shah are not only dedicated to supporting
others during COVID-19,
they are both involved with global
nonprofi t, Operation Smile. Operation
Smile has helped fund reconstructive
surgeries for children in
undeserved countries for four decades
that are born with a cleft lip
and cleft palate.
Gramajo is a junior at Manhattan
College and is the president of
the school’s Operation Smile club.
Several years ago her aunt in Guatemala
had a cleft palate and her
dad and eight brothers helped fi -
nance the surgery.
This inspired her to pursue a career
as a physician assistant. Once
she saw how much the procedure
helped her aunt, Gramajo knew it
was important to help others like
her.
“Having that experience and seeing
how it impacted her life, I see it
all of the time in Operation Smile,”
she explained. “I wanted to fi nd a
way to give back that same feeling.”
In high school Gramajo knew
she would be involved with Operation
Smile in college.
There are 43 members in the club
and she does her best to hold events
with alumni and doctors and pro-
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