I believe a lot of success is a mental game. Over time, I came to believe in myself the way others did. Once I started truly believing in myself and my abilities, I got to the point where no negativity I encountered could keep me down for long. I just kept getting back up. When you have that attitude, I believe success is inevitable.

In essence, we wanted to create the resource we wish we’d had when we were trying to figure out how to be doctors. It is our attempt to bridge the gap between minorities and non-traditional students who are interested in medicine but don’t know where to start and those who have lived it. It’s definitely a work of passion.

Medicine needs passionate people who are invested in making it better.

There is institutional racism and sexism which are seamlessly built into our higher education and healthcare system to contend with as well. Those systems exert their damage in both overt and subtle ways over time. Those forces hurt you in material ways.