Howdy! I am a third-year medical student at Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and a previous APAMSA National Conference Director. I am so excited to work with you all as Rapid Response Director!

Before medicine, I completed a BS in Foreign Service at Georgetown University and studied public health at George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health. During my time as an undergraduate, I co-organized with student activists for the university’s first Asian American Studies courses, which sparked my interest in AANHPI data disaggregation, healthcare disparities, and social determinants of health. This constellation of experiences and education ultimately motivated me to return home to study medicine in Las Vegas, where AANHPIs remain poorly characterized despite the fact that Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial demographic and Hawaiians fondly call the city the “Ninth Island.” To honor the words of activist Grace Lee Boggs, “The most radical thing I ever did was to stay put.”