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Miguel Gonzalez M2, The University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine Given the rise of the Latinx population in the United States,...

Tsivya Devereaux M2, University of Utah School of Medicine “We need more physicians in primary care.” I hear this on a regular basis as a...

“I often heard as a child that Mexicans were lazy and dirty. As a Mexican-American, I did not wear shorts for years because I thought my...

Yaniris Molina Aponte Research technologist and laboratory manager, Johns Hopkins University Mid-COVID-19 pandemic, two summers ago, I...

Angel D. Chavez Rivera MS2, San Juan Bautista School of Medicine Pursuing my dreams required commitment and determination. The sacrifices...

Estelle Viaud-Murat MS2, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine you’ll push, and i’ll pull, we’ll support each other, as we...

Adrian Alepuz MS2, Nova Southeastern University's Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine Hallow and afraid, I approach...

Bianca Ituarte M2, UMKC School of Medicine “But dad no you’re not American, because Mexicans are brown like you and Americans are pink...

Kryssia Campos Selva MS3, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine I hear an accent, where are you from? Should I give them...

Sarah Enriquez-Wornow Brown University, Undergraduate Due to institutional and socioeconomic barriers, it is difficult for members of the...

Justin M. Camacho, MBA MS1, Drexel University College of Medicine I remember that crisp fall morning. The heat clung to me even as we...

Paula Mendoza MS3, UC Irvine School of Medicine Good morning, Let’s look at your neck Here we are, Probing it again It’s not EBV Or CMV...

Paula Mendoza MS3, UC Irvine School of Medicine You’re limping in, You’re sweet and small And next to you, She’s standing tall She...

Daniela E. Rojas The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University MD Candidate, Class of 2023 Oye, muchachita Tú de ojos marinos Tú...

Andrea Long MS3, St. George’s University School of Medicine I do a shift in the emergency room. A woman in withdrawal comes in with her...

Anonymous My body became drenched in alcohol as I slowly lowered myself into the salt bath, trembling. Why salt? Can’t I just go to the...

Evanelys Darias M3, FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. It was a hectic Monday afternoon on the Mobile Health Clinic as I flipped...

David Marulanda M2, Drexel University College of Medicine The sign read, “Empanada Sale.” His mind raced through the brief catalog of...

Daisy Salazar Master's Student, Drexel University College of Medicine I AM, Mexican-American. Out of my mother’s womb, I came. Yet, out...

David Marulanda MS2, Drexel University College of Medicine LMSA National Conference Chair, '21-'22 Imagine you are working on a group...