Determination and compassion — A student leader’s perseverance through pain

Madeline “Maddie” Davis is a gracious, poised and articulate Glacier High School senior and aspiring neurosurgeon who wants to help future patients much like she was.

As an aspiring neurosurgeon, the 4.0 student is prepared to be immersed in academia for at least the next decade with the end goal of obtaining a medical degree and doctorate.

“I would both operate like a usual surgeon, but then I also want to do research to help improve spinal surgeries,” Davis said. “I had back surgery almost a year ago and that experience had a really profound impact on me as a person and continues to shape the way I can move and do things.”