Voices of Diversity

 As a 2nd year student of dentistry at Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry, my days tend to be an amalgam of didactics, lab work, community service and test preparation. Although my reason for choosing a career in dentistry is directly related to providing care to underrepresented populations, being in the whirlwind experience of attending […]

Preparing for an interview comes in all shapes, forms, and sizes and is necessary to have a successful interview. But let’s consider what to do when you’re prepped, ready, and confident and something doesn’t go well during the interview. Your confidence starts to dwindle or even worse, it gets killed. Let’s take a look at […]

I had the pleasure of meeting a senior undergrad student from Claflin University during our recent tour stop at South Carolina State University. Within a few minutes into our conversation, we discussed an exciting yet unexpected common bond.  Next week, she will attend an admission interview with my alma mater, Ohio University Heritage College of […]

In one of my workshops covering test preparation, a group of students asked for advice regarding their MCAT score, and admittedly, I couldn’t discuss it as well as I would have liked. So I did what I know to best when stuck in this quandary: look at the data and the research! In 2015, the […]

Today was the second stop of the fifth year anniversary tour. The students were amazing; they were engaged and eager. I think what stuck out to me most because it’s happened on both stops so far is that the students were very interested in how a doctor is supposed to look while working. I received […]

It is always difficult to put things in perspective when it comes to time.  10 years can seem like 1 week and 5 years can seem like yesterday.  My recent return to Hampton University represents more of the latter.  Walking into Hampton Universities Student Center I was worried that students wouldn’t need us again, but […]

It’s after midnight and I’m awake.  Not it’s not the time zone difference although some would probably right it off as this.  I’m charged. I’m excited.  Why?  Tomorrow marks a return to the beginning for us—for the family that is the Tour for Diversity in Medicine.  5 years ago I hopped on a plane from […]

Just a few days ago, Dr. Tamika Cross took to Facebook to share with us her recent interaction with the Delta Airlines flight attendant (See Huff Post Article Here). I am disheartened to say that what Dr. Cross experienced is not uncommon, though the setting was obviously a little more shocking at 30,000 feet above […]

True Life | Med Student by Day, Uber-Driver by Night By Kareem Alexis, MS II, Duke University School of Medicine After trudging through my first year of medical school, one might think that I would use my month-long summer vacation to decompress and reflect: sleeping in, night-long Netflix binges, and of course, more sleep. Instead, […]

Discomfort — I don’t find myself in this situation often. This particular time it was in the intimate setting aside 50 or 60 thinkers and doers. I scanned the small crowd with reticence, knowing that I was different from the other attendees. Now — there were other minorities present; in fact, most of the attendees […]