“My future is certainly much brighter with an NIH LRP award,” Dr. Jamila Minga says, “Persistence and tenacity certainly pay off.”. Dr. Minga has been applying for the NIH LRP award continually between 2015 and 2021 and is now able to focus on growing her career at Duke Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences as well as advancing her research to explore the neuroanatomic correlates of discourse production characteristics after a right hemisphere stroke which is funded by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) 1K23-DC020236-01A1. Read her interview with the most recent issue of “Women’s Health In Focus at NIH” here. This quarterly publication focuses on publishing thought-provoking information about women's health; newly funded NIH research; and entry, retention, and advancement of women scientists in the biomedical field.