Aspiring Docs Diaries
Stories: Resilience
Still Here: My Experience with Repeating a Year of Medical School
On a hot and humid July afternoon, the white coat ceremony for the class of 2025 at the Florida International […] Read More
A Note of Encouragement to Reapplicants
Oftentimes, I peruse premedical forums and come across these questions: “Should I even reapply, doesn’t that look bad? Should I […] Read More
When Disaster Strikes, Rebuild
It can be easy to become distracted from school if you let yourself. There are holidays, family gatherings, stocks, sports, […] Read More
Houston’s Response to Harvey
Very late in the evening of Friday, August 25, 2017, I arrived home physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted. That night […] Read More
Becoming a Refugee Medical Student
Growing up in Miami, I became desensitized to annual hurricane threats. Before Hurricane Maria, the last time I experienced a […] Read More
Making Room For The Unexpected
When I walked into my academic advisor’s office on the first day of college in 2010, I had in my […] Read More
66 laps (plus a little extra)
Originally published in the USC School of Medicine Greenville blog Transforming Medical School Stroll the halls of USC SOMG and […] Read More