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Jan 27, 20242 min read
Footsteps of Hope
Guillermo Saldana, MS2, Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine Growing up as a child with immigrant parents, I used to worry I...
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Jan 27, 20244 min read
De Raíces Humildes a los Major Leagues: Una Corta Historia de Transición y Esperanza
Priscilla Stephanie Molina, MS1, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Medical School has been hard. I think when many people...
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Jan 27, 20243 min read
A Summer in Rio Negro: A Personal Narrative on Empathy
Bryan Munoz, MS2, Kansas City University I was born in Colombia but grew up in Miami, Florida. I have an uncle in Colombia who is a...
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Jan 27, 20242 min read
Alone in this Country
Nina Rodriguez, MS3, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Tengo miedo. Estoy solo en este país, the patient – we’ll call him Señor P –...
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Jan 27, 20244 min read
Your Community Needs You
Kennedy Campbell, Master’s Year, University of Chicago I vividly remember my neighbor recovering from a foot amputation as a result of...
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Jan 27, 20242 min read
Adapting
Ana Mort, MS2, Saint Louis University School of Medicine I moved to the U.S. with my family at 6 years old from central Mexico. The...
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Jan 27, 20246 min read
Sé Guerrero: Reflections of an Immigrant on Exile, Survivor’s Guilt, and Resilience
Miguel Tusa Lavieri, MS4, Weill Cornell Medical College I gently shake Manuel from a deep slumber each morning, long before the first...
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Jan 27, 20245 min read
Beyond the Walls
Samantha Garcia, Master's Year, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA Anderson School of Management My mother and I sat inside...
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Jan 25, 20247 min read
Silentium
Katherine Guzman, MS3, SUNY Upstate Medical School It's a regular Tuesday morning, I've dropped the kids off at school. My wife worked...
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Jan 24, 20244 min read
Empowering Ourselves for a Brighter Future
Manuel Cintron, MS4, University of Illinois College of Medicine As healthcare providers, we have all encountered challenging cases that...
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Jan 24, 20247 min read
Roses for Christmas
Valentina Larrivey, MS3, Emory School of Medicine As a medical student arriving in Atlanta, Georgia, I was filled with the excitement of...
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Jan 24, 20241 min read
Peritoneal Di(e)alysis?
Juan Cuecha, MS2, Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine About the Author: Hi! My name is Juan Cuecha and I am a second-year...
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Jan 24, 20244 min read
Fear and Loathing in OR 6
Alejandro Lopez, MS3, UCSF School of Medicine When I walked into the operating room on the first day of my surgery rotation, my hands...
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Jan 21, 20244 min read
La Estudiante de Medicina
Sophia Manduca, MS3, NYU Grossman School of Medicine “¡Hola, soy la estudiante de medicina!” (Hi, I’m the medical student!”) That was how...
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