Medical Student Ambassador Bio

Jessica Trinh is a third-year medical student at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. She is among the first-generation in her family to attend college, completing her B.S. at Yale College. After graduating college, she attended culinary school in London. Born and raised in Rockford, IL, Jessica is passionate about addressing health access disparities and working with underserved communities. Before medical school, she worked at Center for Asian Health Equity in Chicago, IL as an intern in the Chronic and Infectious Disease Department. She has previously served as a Medical Student Ambassador since her first year of medical school.

Asian Health Coalition Project: 

As am ambassador, I am producing and editing animated videos for Asian Health Coalition that educate on health concerns that especially apply to minority communities. Examples of videos I have worked on include promoting prostate cancer screenings among Black and Latinx communities as well as a short video series encouraging minorities to be involved in research.