PGY1 — Class of 2028
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: San Francisco Bay Area, California
Undergraduate Degree: 2017 – University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
Graduate Degree: MS in Health & Medical Sciences, 2020 – UC Berkeley School of Public Health
MD: 2023 – University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved (PRIME-US)
Hobbies: baking and eating pastries, reading and writing poetry, exercising (yoga, lifting, running, horseback riding), mentoring students (especially those underrepresented in medicine/academia)
Why Otolaryngology?
Shortly after I discovered otolaryngology, I was committed. Every aspect of otolaryngology matched up with my goals and values: that it allows me to serve patients of all ages and identities; the profound impact we have on quality of life through hearing, breathing, speaking, and swallowing; that we consider both form and function; the surgical meticulousness given the territory; the breadth of work, from major operations to minor procedures in clinic; and, above all, the people — the culture of humility and kindness, and potential for promoting health equity.
Fun Fact: I am a published poet and the founder and Executive Director of Afghan Clinic, a nonprofit I founded in medical school to promote immigrant health.
