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Lymaries Velez

Lymaries Velez is a second-year medical student at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida. While she was born and raised in Lakeland, Florida, she always considers Puerto Rico her home. When she is not studying or seeing patients, Lymaries enjoys acting, singing, and playing fetch with her cats. After graduating, she hopes to become an emergency medicine doctor, act in movies, and hopefully host her own medical TV show. Follow Lymaries’ adventures through medical school at her Instagram: @thelil_redhead.