Hi everyone! My name is Tracy Gao, and I am a medical student at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. I joined APAMSA at SKMC during my first year of medical school as the community service and advocacy director, and served as a Region 3 co-director for two years. This year, I am excited to be serving as the Network Director for National APAMSA. I attended Johns Hopkins University for undergrad and studied anthropology and women, gender, and sexuality studies. After college, I worked at Womankind before medical school as a residential advocate, providing counseling and case management services to survivors of gender based violence in the Asian-American, Immigrant, and other marginalized communities in New York City. My research interests include intimate partner violence, trauma-informed care, and pregnancy screening. Outside of school, I enjoy pottery, photography, graphic design, flower arranging, gardening and building new rooms for my kitten’s cardboard castle.