Becoming Dr. Lydia

🌱 Plant the seed. Build the pipeline.

I’m excited to help bring NOSA and the Black EyeCare Perspective Pre-Optometry Club together for a conversation centered on supporting the next generation of optometry students.

As optometry students, we have a unique opportunity to reach back while moving forward, showing aspiring optometrists that they are represented, they belong in this profession, and there is a community ready to help them succeed.

Representation. Mentorship. Community. The pipeline starts long before optometry school.

Proud to play a role in creating spaces that make the path to optometry feel more visible, accessible, and possible. 👁️🤎

How Glaucoma Affects the Angle Structures

The complex, fragile process of aqueous production and drainage is at the heart of disease development and clinical intervention.

From internal to external, the anatomy of the anterior chamber angle is defined by a series of structures: Schwalbe’s line (the peripheral termination of Descemet’s membrane), the trabecular meshwork, the scleral spur (the anterior-most projection of the sclera and attachment point for the trabecular meshwork and ciliary muscle), ciliary body band (the anterior-most point of the ciliary body) and then the iris root (the attachment of the iris to the ciliary body). Identifying these structures is critical in clinical practice.

Read here: https://www.reviewofoptometry.com/article/how-glaucoma-affects-the-angle-structures

Third year has been nothing short of FUN because I finally have a ROUTINE that I love. 🕰️I’m loving every moment of who I’m becoming, what I’m learning in my specialty rotations and how much I get to grow on a daily basis. Thank GOD. 🥹💗

Awareness matters. Understanding matters. Support matters. 💙

Type 1 diabetes impacts more than just blood sugar—it affects daily decisions, routines, and lives. By sharing the facts about T1D, we can help create a community where everyone affected feels seen and supported.

What’s the diagnosis?

Receive advice ? Consider the source.
Receive feedback ? Consider the source.
Receive praise ? Consider the source.

In all things, seek wisdom, but consider the source of said wisdom. 📚💡

Another happy winner! 🎉💙

Congratulations to Jacob Jackson, a second-year optometry student and Alabama native currently attending the University of Missouri–St. Louis College of Optometry!

Thank you for participating in my Back-to-School Giveaway. It is always an honor and a blessing to be a cheerful giver and to support fellow students along their optometric journey. 💙👁️📚

Wishing you a wonderful and successful academic year, Jacob!

Here’s a glimpse into my Tuesday. ✨
Proper preparation prevents poor performance.

Black scrubs to match the Black excellence. 🖤🩺✨

First day of Year 3. Dear Lord, let it be good to me.

BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAY 👁️📚✨

Optometry school is exciting, rewarding, challenging, and sometimes you just need a little something to make those long study sessions and clinic days easier. 🤍

As we head into another school year, I wanted to pour a little love back into the optometry student community.

I’ll be selecting TWO optometry students to receive their very own Back-to-School OD Student Survival Kit filled with:

👁️ Clinic + study essentials
📚 School supplies
🧴 Self-care goodies
🎁 A gift card
✨ And a few surprise extras!

HOW TO ENTER:

1. Follow .Dr.Lydia
2. Like 3 of my posts
3. Tag an optometry or pre-optometry student below
4. Repost this flyer to your story and tag me so I can see it!

Entries will be accepted August 10th through August 15th.

🏆 TWO winners will be announced August 16th!

Whether you’re walking into your first semester or heading back for another year of becoming the doctor you prayed to be, I hope this serves as a little reminder that someone is rooting for you. 🥹👁️🤍

Good luck, Future ODs! ✨



This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Instagram or any institutions that I am affiliated with.