Medical School: University of California, San Francisco,  Santa Clara Valley Medical Center – Transitional Year Internship

Medical Experience: Since college at the University of California, Davis, I have served in student-run community clinics focusing efforts for underserved and under-resourced Hispanic populations and trained at safety net county hospitals serving vulnerable populations. Many of these experiences include serving monolingual, Spanish-speaking patients as well as other monolingual, non-English speaking patients, often with limited education. I have served within hospitals as a health coach providing patients with education about their new and chronic medical conditions and have loved volunteering at community health fairs performing health screenings and administering flu shots.

Philosophy of Care: I strive to care for my patients as I would want someone to care for my dearest loved ones in their most vulnerable moments. People need to feel heard, respected, supported, and valued as human beings and treated as the primary stakeholders in their own care. It is my goal to empower my patients and to take into consideration all aspects of their life that have shaped them into who they are in the present moment. I believe being resourceful is an essential quality of a family medicine physician so learning to fully address any problem and knowing when to expand a patient’s care team to include specialty providers and other community resources is something I will always work on.