Undergraduate: Boston College (2020)
About me: As an undergraduate, I served as a translator for a global health initiative that seeks to improve childbirth outcomes in China. While serving patients in the country my parents were born in was rewarding, I was also frustrated by the prevalence of health misconceptions. Many expecting mothers believed that getting a labor epidural would harm them and their babies. Correcting inaccurate health beliefs in the United States and throughout the world is undoubtedly no easy task. It requires addressing the root causes of these misconceptions -- including poverty, a lack of educational opportunities, discrimination, and historical events. I plan to be a globally engaged physician and work towards reducing inequities in health education in my career.