Meet Seungmyoung Lee

Since falling in love with neuroscience through a summer internship, Seungmyoung has been inspired to make the lives of neurodivergent children and people struggling with rare diseases better through research, care and innovation. 

“I love the interdisciplinary nature of neuroscience, where I’m able to explore the intersections of the mind, brain and behavior,” she says. 

As part of Branksome’s Noodle accelerator program, Seungmyoung worked with a group of neuropsychologists to devise an online task-managing platform for neurodivergent individuals. She hopes to develop the initiative further as she heads to Johns Hopkins University to major in neuroscience on a pre-medical school track, with plans to become a pediatric neurosurgeon or psychiatrist. 

By developing neuroscientific innovations for children and minorities, publishing research, writing books, delivering lectures, and potentially collaborating with the UN and the World Health Organization, Seungmyoung hopes to contribute to the global community — equipping and inspiring people around the world to shine. 

She has already started making her global mark. As an international student who studied at Branksome Hall Asia before moving to Branksome Hall in Toronto for Grades 9-12, Seungmyoung was a lead organizer of Branksome’s World Affairs Conference, an active participant in Model UN and a Team Korea national youth delegate in global conferences. She was also engaged in diversity, equity and inclusion exploration at the school.

“I had prepared myself to face barriers studying in a foreign country as a person of colour,” she says. “However, Branksome taught me that my perspectives are my strengths. I learned that with voice, support and determination, everything is possible. So I am paving paths for those younger than me to continue driving change.” 

As she directs her own path to Johns Hopkins, she is determined to harness the power of neuroscience to change the world.