Shannon Banks, 21, a senior chemistry major at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is serving as a poster child for Honda’s advertising campaign. The Goldsboro native is a member of N.C. A&T Honda Campus All-Star Challenge Quiz Bowl team and is featured in Ebony, Essence, Black Enterprise and Forbes Magazine. The ad will run throughout the year.

The ad reads: ‘Introducing Shannon Banks, The next great chief of surgery.’