“Passion is Love, and Love is Passion”

-Keven Stonewall


Keven Stonewall @thatkevenguy is a researcher, motivational speaker, and pre-med student with a B.S degree in Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is also a native of the Southside of Chicago. His national notoriety began when he was only 17 years old when he conducted research at Rush University Medical Center to determine how aging affects certain immune responses in mice when exposed to colon cancer cells. This groundbreaking research, which many scientists credit to Keven, has earned him respect in the science and medical community, and earned him numerous awards and honors including presenting at the Intel International Engineering and Science Competition, and Society for Immunothereapy of Cancer.

 

He has given a TEDx Talk and have been featured by BET, USA Today, MSNBC, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago’s Windy City Live TV Show, New York Daily News, Diversity in Action, Blavity, and other media outlets. Keven was also featured in AllState’s Worth Telling campaign, and received several distinguished awards including Jet Magazine’s 40 under 40: Activism Award and WVON 1690 AM/Ariel Capital, 40 under 40 Gamechanger Award.

 

In this interview we dive into

 

Keven’s world and learn more about his background How he aligned himself to be a part of the scientific community How to grind to get the things you want in life

 

 

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