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Consejos del aire

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

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Invisible Illness

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...

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Mexican Traditions

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...

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The Caregiver

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

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If you don't know, now you know

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

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I AM, Mexican-American.

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

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We have a math problem in the physician patient relationship

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

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Oh, dulce América

Daisy Salazar Master's Student, Drexel University College of Medicine These poems can be found on Instagram, with audio of me reading...

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Behind the Veil of Medical Prestige: The Excellence of Latina Women in Medicine

Ashley Cantu-Weinstein & Larissa De Souza M2, Case Western Reserve University In May of 2018, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai put...

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Thank You

Violeta Osegueda MS4, UC Irvine School of Medicine Thank you I found no enjoyment in fishing blindly through the webbings of your fascia...

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El Lenguaje de Nuestros Ancestros: Amplifying the historical lens on Latino mental health

Sheila Panez University of California, Irvine College of Medicine Susto, preocupación, estres -- these are common phrases used in place...

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Reflections of a Nobody

Anonymous It starts off innocently. A mindless act of sleeping longer than usual or skipping meals because you have not felt hungry in...

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