Policy | Latino Medical Student Association

Please enjoy these pieces from our LMSA community!

The winners for this category are:
1st: "Sé Guerrero: Reflections of an Immigrant on Exile, Survivor’s Guilt, and Resilience” by Miguel Tusa Lavieri
2nd: “A Summer in Rio Negro: A Personal Narrative on Empathy” by Bryan Munoz
3rd: "Your Community Needs You" by Kennedy Campbell

Congratulations, everyone!

The Art of Listening

Andrea Badillo Pérez, MS3, NYU Grossman School of Medicine It was the last day of her trip to the Dominican Republic to visit her family....

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...

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...

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...

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 –...

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...

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...

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...

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...