Biomedical engineering doctoral student Zahra Nafar has always had a drive to see the world. While following her passion for traveling, she discovered another love, ophthalmology.

“I basically travel to see different natural scenes. And, I love painting. I mostly paint landscapes and nature views, which are sometimes from the pictures I took during trips,” Nafar says. “I want to see everything, which makes me so interested in how the eye works, how we see and what we see.” Read more on FIU NEWS.

Graduate student Zahra Nafar’s landscape painting

Graduate student Zahra Nafar’s landscape painting