KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — An eight-year-old girl living with leukemia got to fulfill her dreams of becoming a scientist Thursday thanks to Make-A-Wish East Tennessee and the University of Tennessee’s College of Pharmacy and College of Nursing.

Ava, an eight-year-old living with acute myeloblastic leukemia, has dreams of becoming a scientist to help make people healthy and her wish was granted with a hands-on experience at the UT College of Pharmacy and College of Nursing.

Throughout the day, Ava's big personality shined through. Her mother, Shadricka Sawyer said Ava is a great kid and a free-spirited ball of sunshine with a lot of energy. While some children who have been around health care providers as much as Ava might want to be as far away from medicine as possible, Sawyer said her d

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