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Med student revisits the bare cupboards of her past
Sharlay Butler draws on lessons from her impoverished youth
04/03/2014

All her life, Sharlay Butler has taken lessons from her mom about persistence in the face of harsh adversity. Butler is the oldest child of three raised by a single mother; the family lived a nomadic existence in poverty, sustained by government rations and food banks.
Now a medical student at UW, she has made hunger and attention to nutrition part of her focus. Last year she participated in a Robert Wood Johnson program of medical and dental education.