Entering Class of 2020: Student Gallery

I am an avid baker, traveler, hiker, and movie watcher. I love trying new recipes and cooking for my friends and family. When I travel, I like to explore on foot, taking long walks and finding every possible street market. Jesus is the sweetest name I know and my faith empowers me to thrive in every circumstance. I also would consider Bananagrams to be my favorite board game even if I do not always win.

I love running, yoga, spending time outdoors (hiking, picnics, anything on the water), reading, and baking. I also enjoy spending time with friends and family. Outside of medicine, I am interested in politics and the intersection of business and healthcare.

I grew up in a big family near Boston MA. I’ve spent the past year working in Vienna, Austria, where I had a lot of fun doing chemistry, sightseeing and learning German. I also love hiking and running.

Hangout with my cats. Read interesting books and watch good movies. Eat ice cream.

Having creative outlets has always been important to me. I enjoy dancing as well as experimenting with video and textile design.

I like to make dumplings from scratch while listening to Broadway musicals. When I previously lived in New York, I would often play board games with friends, run in the city, visit museums and explore new food. Now living in COVID era Philly, I am picking up baking, soft pastels and trying to paint using watercolor (while learning how to play board games over Zoom).

Outside of medicine, I spend time with my parents who live in Toronto and my brother who lives in Connecticut. My significant other and I just got engaged and hope to adopt a cat soon!

I love getting to know new people and seeking out new experiences! In my free time, you can find me cooking, doing yoga, playing card games, painting, taking photos, hiking, or finding any other excuse to be outdoors. It’s important to me to spend time appreciating the people in my life and the world around me.

I like spending time with friends, whether that’s exploring Philly’s music scene, watching a game (or the Bachelor), or simply enjoying each others company in a beautiful park. I run semi-frequently and love playing sports (I’m currently trying to learn tennis). I value service, and forming relationships with people in my community is important to me.

Since I had long ago made going out to eat my only personality trait, I decided to take up cooking during quarantine to get my foodie fix! A nice meal, good company, and some reggaetón sounds like the perfect evening. I love adventuring and meeting others vagabonding through life.

Outside of medicine, I am a jazz drummer who enjoys playing and watching live music. I also go on frequent hikes, walks, and bike rides – if not with friends, then with a podcast. I love learning about how the world works, how others think, and how to influence systems to improve economic and health equity.

Being from Michigan, I’m a huge Detroit Lions fan and I love the outdoors. I like to hike, bike, and run whenever I get the chance and am excited to see what kinds of trails Pennsylvania has to offer! I also enjoy gardening, beekeeping, reading trashy science fiction novels, and spending time with my partner.

I am passionate about increasing URM numbers in STEM and medicine and leveraging that to lessen health disparities. For fun, I love to watch TV shows of all kinds. From Ozark, to The Morning Show to Hannibal. I also recently started learning to cook, borne out of a need to not perish after graduating from my undergrad.

In addition to medicine, I am passionate about the history and ethics of science. When I’m not reading about medicine or its history, I love to hike, explore cities, craft, and cook.

Hi everyone! Among my favorite things are al dente noodles, museums, and introspection, and one of my central personality traits is that I am fascinated by basically everything. My Christian faith is very important to me, as is music, which I love to both listen to and make. In medicine, I have little idea in terms of a potential specialty, but I am interested in public health, medical ethics, and medical humanities. So excited to meet you all, hear your stories and passions, and learn to serve others well together in the coming years!

Reading good science, brewing good coffee, woodshedding a tough passage of Tchaikovsky on violin; Being adventurous in the kitchen, listening to podcasts (The Ezra Klein Show/Sean Carroll’s Mindscape), discovering new music; Being politically conscious, thinking about my role in society, and practicing radical empathy; Trying to reconcile the short-term happiness I feel working in the lab with the long-term satisfaction I feel from deepening relationships with those around me; Living ethically, then happily.

In my free time, I love running, getting lost while running, listening to 90’s hip hop, exploring cities, and eating cheese boards for dinner. I am passionate about urban public health, particularly as it relates to housing, green spaces, and public education. I have a soft side for art, interior design, and mispronouncing words in French.

Chidinma Wilson, rising MS1, loves experiencing new things and will try any activity at least once! However, she regularly enjoys reading, traveling, exploring different cuisines, and participating in friendly baking competitions. In addition to her love of medicine, Wilson is passionate about community service and mentorship, especially within underserved spaces.

Now that I’ve secured admission to the greatest school on the planet (an objective fact), I enjoy doing very unambitious things like playing basketball/frisbee/spikeball, playing the piano, and dancing to pop hits from middle school, which might start to sound impressive if I actually did any of them well. I also specialize in puns, watching Planet Earth, and policing usage of the Oxford comma. And when none of those seem like suitable forms of procrastination from studying, I resort to reading about theology/leadership/economics/healthcare, watching college football (go dawgs), serving at my church, and dreaming about my grandmother’s jalapeño cornbread muffins.

I enjoy pick up sports and video games with friends and I play ice hockey.

I love to workout and go running. Additionally, I enjoy hanging out with friends whether I’m playing videogames, going on a hike, or going to concerts. What is important to me is spending time to foster real friendships and relationships while maintaing hobbies that keep myself happy.

I moved 13 times before I graduated from high school which was great for me as I love exploring new places and meeting people. My family is very important to me and we recently have a new member, my niece, officially making me an “UnCole”. In my spare time I like to cook, play basketball, soccer, and I’ve recently gotten into ping-pong.

I enjoy hiking, swimming and exploring the outdoors. I love trying new food (as long as it’s gluten free) and going to restaurants with my friends and family. Finally, I’m passionate about harm reduction work, specifically in Philly.

I am a Christian so my relationship with God is the most important thing in my life. I am really hoping to find a strong fellowship to share in when I move to Philadelphia. For funsies, my go-to activities are playing pick up soccer, working out, camping and hiking in the great outdoors, and finding new places with delicious food. I also love to laugh and have been enjoying a lot of comedy movies and stand-up specials during this time of isolating at home.

I’m the oldest of five kids, and I try to talk to all of my siblings and my parents often. I live with my significant other and our two cats in Point Breeze. I love easy cooking (think crockpots and air fryers) and I’m working on expanding my “go-to” recipes. I enjoy being active – I was a swimmer in high school and a rower in college – and am looking forward to finding new things to do in Philly.

I enjoy being active (going for runs, working out), playing team sports like soccer and basketball, and kicking back, enjoying other’s company with a solid music playlist. Besides medicine, important things in my life are: my family/loved ones, trying new things (I picked up surfing this summer!), self-improvement, and community service.

I love music and actively sing and play the violin. Whether it’s making music, talking about music, or going to a concert, you can always count me in. I also love being outside and being physically active playing recreational sports or just working out. I also love to travel and explore places I’ve never been. I look forward to exploring all that the city of Philadelphia has to offer, but also exploring everything outside of Philly too.

I love running, biking, doing yoga, exploring different cities, and trying new recipes! I’m passionate about health equity and improving healthcare delivery and access for all.

I love running, hiking, baking, podcasts (from educational to true crime to comedy and everything in between), books, ultra-insane action movies (John Wick is a favorite), and trying anything that pushes me out of my comfort zone! I’m also a second degree black belt and Taekwondo instructor, and I love teaching and working with kids. I am passionate about political and social activism, and I have a giant, fluffy dog named Arya who is always willing to give very good puppy cuddles to anyone who needs them.

I love to be outside whether that’s sitting on the beach or running on a trail. My current quarantine activities include spending time with my two younger siblings and trying to learn to cook. I went to school outside of Philly but I’m looking forward to living in the city and getting involved in the communities around Penn.

I enjoy playing classical piano and composing music. I grew up speaking three languages, so I have always been fascinated with language and linguistics. I enjoy learning and inventing languages.

Outside of school, I like to stay active, so you can often find me going to the gym or going for a run. I recently started playing tennis, but I also have a lot of fun playing basketball and golf. Since I grew up in South Florida, I’m a big Miami Heat fan and have a great time going to the beach/jetskiing. Another hobby of mine is reading/talking about things in the business world (markets, real estate, hospital management, etc.). Eating out, trying new restaurants, and playing fifa/2k with friends are also towards the top of my list!

I train calisthenics and am pretty strong but have atrocious cardio. I’m also vegan and enjoy cooking up tasty plant-based treats. When I’m not working out or eating I’m reading manga, arguing with people over reddit or lying in bed doing absolutely nothing. Oh and I’m somewhat into photography/filmmaking so if you’re in need of pics hmu.

Playing music is my favorite hobby; I like trying out new pieces or revisiting fun ones on the piano and violin. Fitness is also important to me, so I enjoy jogging, HIIT, and pilates. I also get super engrossed in puzzles from time to time, whether they’re logic puzzle books or 1000-piece puzzles of beautiful scenery.

Even though we’re not starting med school the way we thought, I’m excited to meet everyone! I love to play soccer, talk about Christian faith, and travel — especially at the same time. Also, I’m from Central Jersey and just graduated from Penn! Go Quakers

My extracurricular interests include culinary medicine and environmental justice, and understanding how protecting the environment and promoting healthy nutrition can aid disease prevention. Outside of medicine, I am an avid runner and amateur cyclist, and hope to compete in my first triathlon during medical school. I also enjoy cooking, reading, and eating watermelon.

I am a 24 year old Philly area native who has lived in Pittsburgh for the last 6 years. I love teaching of all kinds, and have taught everything from tennis to organic chemistry. I really enjoy working with kids, especially if I can combine it with the aforementioned teaching. I also enjoy spending time outdoors and am always up for a trip, whether its hiking, fishing, or camping. In my free time I also like to play chess, tennis, read, run, cook, and do Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

I like to play basketball and tennis. I also like sing, as I sang Acapella in college. I am also very into community outreach and global health. Would like to combine that with entrepreneurship.

I am an avid Hulu/ Netflix watcher and look forward to watching films/ shows that delve into issues that are often overlooked, such as race, socioeconomic disparities, gender disparities, etc. I like learning about how to do Black natural hair, especially type 4 hair and perfecting my skin care regimen. I also love to talk/debate in both formal and informal ways, and I am always down to learn something new!

For fun, I enjoy hands-on activities like painting, gardening, or completing DIY projects. If I’m not doing that, you can catch me on Netflix or outside hiking and exploring new parks. Most important to me outside of medicine (not including the wellbeing of my family and friends) is inspiring young minority students to embody good citizenship and to pursue higher education, especially toward a career in STEM.

I like to play video games, soccer, and travel out as much as I can. I’m always open to try new things. Quality time with friends is time best spent.

I grew up in Maryland and moved to Indiana for college. Since graduating in 2018, I worked in a parasitology lab in NYC and taught English at a South Korean high school. My passions include running, dogs, and hydration. This summer in quarantine I’ve enjoyed doing crosswords, curating my dog’s instagram, and hiking.

I enjoy following sports and listening to electronic dance music. I also love to play poker, watch stand-up comedy and reality TV, and DJ in my free time. Outside of medicine, good food and good company are important to me.

I love adventure. Whether is be hiking in my hometown or traveling to a new country, I’m always trying to do something that gets me out of my comfort zone. Outside of practicing medicine, I’m interested in helping to increase the representation of URMs in STEM fields.

I love hiking, trying new foods, and museum hopping with my friends. I care deeply about mentoring the next generation of scientists and making education accessible to everyone. My family and my very spoiled cat, Miso, are important to me.

I enjoy hiking and being in nature with my fiancée and our chihuahua, Carina. Spending time with my family is important to me, and I’m excited that I will be closer to several family members in Philly. I also enjoy reading science fiction novels and trying new foods.

I identify as a big fan of road trips, trail mix, spreadsheets, recycling, and ‘80s synth. My favorite place to be is in the mountains, for camping, long hikes, photography, or literally just vibing. I love science and have a strong desire to advocate for others through education & mentorship. I’m probably missing my golden retriever at the moment, but am excited to get to know all of you amazing people and am looking forward to an incredible 8 years at Penn!

Music has always been a very important part of my life. I play the flute, violin, and piano, have a degree from the Thornton School of Music, and regularly perform in recitals, competitions, and with orchestras. I also enjoy cycling, hiking, and trail running.

I love to read in my free time, particularly fiction and memoir. Please come find me and tell me if you read something earth-shattering – I would love to hear! Running in the mornings keeps me centered and sane.

I’m an avid concert goer and Spotify playlist curator. I love to box and tolerate running, and I’ve been getting more into lifting during quarantine. Huge fan of RuPaul’s Drag Race, amateur baker, big on cross-stitching. Passionate about drug policy reform and harm reduction!

I love to train for powerlifting! I was member of the Powerlifting Club at Ohio State and competed in my first meet in November 2019. Outside of the gym, I enjoy spending time with friends and family, and binge watching shows on Netflix and Hulu.

I love nature and taking walks outdoors. I feel that my life isn’t fully complete unless I’m reading a book for fun 🙂 I enjoy listening to/watching musicals and am currently creating a song-by-song PowerPoint analysis of Hamilton in my leisure time.

Outside of school, I like to have meals with friends – whether it’s cooking together or going out to eat. I’m always down for a card game or movie night. Exercising and getting outside is important to me – in Colorado I love to ski, hike, and hang out in parks. I’m excited to explore Philly’s museums, farmers’ markets, and restaurants!

Whenever I can, I love to get outside and move around, however I can — running, hiking, walking my dog. Spending time in the fresh air, being active is how I recharge. It also gives me a reason to bake chocolate chip cookies (or banana bread, or pie), or binge watch 30 Rock for the umpteenth time.

I love food (desserts especially), so I enjoy exploring new food spots in cities and baking sweets. I value a good lazy day full of relaxing and spending time with friends (love wine nights and mini-adventures in the city). Otherwise, I’m a casual runner and gym-goer, and I’ve been playing piano ever since I was little (and hope to keep playing).

In my free time, I love spending time outside walking (or running if I’m feeling ambitious), going out to eat/drink with friends, and going to bar trivia nights. I also LOVE watching basketball (especially Duke but also grew up a Sixers fan so I’m very excited to live in Philly). I’m also a huge fan of board games and have binge-watched way too many sitcoms for my own good.

My hobbies include knitting, baking, and doing zumba. I also enjoy watching musicals and Disney movies. Outside of medicine, giving back to the community and spending quality time with friends and family are important to me.

I enjoy playing basketball, listening to hip-hop music, and spending time with my friends. Outside of medicine I also like researching entrepreneurship and have interests in business as well. In addition to that, I find my Sudanese background and culture to have been a very important part of my life. In the future, I hope to be heavily involved in maintaining the health of Sudanese Americans in my local community.

Neuroscientist + fitness freak + sci-fi theorist. Fascinated by space exploration, brain-machine interfaces, and artificial intelligence. Got dreams to push humanity into the future by creating and investing in innovative medical ventures. Penn grad, so catch me playing rugby in Penn Park, immersing myself in West Philly clinics, and roaming the streets of my favorite city.

I enjoy running, hiking, and playing soccer and tennis. Outside of medicine, social justice and community service are really important to me. In my spare time, I enjoy trying new recipes.

I like to listen to, make, and explore new music. I also like to cook, eat, and explore the city. Additionally, I enjoy hanging out with my dog and talking about pets in general. I’ve also just started a new hobby of growing plants.

Outside of medicine, I love to spend time outdoors (hiking, swimming, and biking), dance (modern and jazz), read, and cook. I love to travel and am always motivated to explore new places. I really enjoy spending time with my friends and getting to know new people, so I can’t wait to meet you all in August!

I love spending time outside, whether it’s running, walking around the city, or enjoying a nice meal al fresco. I also enjoy painting with water colors. I have also picked up cooking recently and hope to continue that as well!

One of my favorite things to do is to stay in with friends and have a movie night, play games, or even have an impromptu karaoke/dance party! As for my hobbies, I really enjoy writing – I haven’t written anything in a while but I’m hoping to start that up again. I just love using writing as an outlet by coming up with some short fictional story. Another thing that I am really passionate about is teaching! I took on many teaching and mentoring roles throughout college and even worked at an education non-profit during my gap year.

Under normal, non-pandemic circumstances, I enjoy trying local restaurants, going out with my friends, traveling, climbing, and boxing. I now spend my free time baking and eating cakes, reading, hiking, scrolling through TikTok and starting (but rarely finishing) DIY projects. Outside of medicine, I’m passionate about environmental activism and advocating for refugee rights and empowerment.

My family and friends are very important to me. I love exploring new places (which I am excited to do in Philly!), as well as going to concerts and sporting events. I valued my service as a volunteer firefighter and I am looking forward to getting involved in the local Philadelphia community.

I love yoga, running, skiing, and swimming, and have visited over twenty National Parks across the country! I also love the arts, especially ballets and Broadway musicals. In college, I got the chance to lead a student-run biotech startup company, which has since majorly piqued my interest in business, entrepreneurship, and innovation!

I played rugby in college, but now I prefer pick-up basketball and finding other outdoors/active ways to spend time with old and new friends. I also love trying new foods, reading sci-fi, biking, trains, and cooking with and for people.

I am passionate about service and advocacy related to homelessness, street medicine, housing justice. I also did a service year with an educational non-profit in Kansas City before coming to Penn. Outside of school and service, I love journaling, creative writing, baking bread, and crossword puzzles.

The most important outside of medicine for me is spending time with family and friends. I love hiking, biking, and just getting outside. I also love relaxing inside doing creative activities like drawing, painting, and writing.

I am very passionate about food, and I am really excited to explore all the restaurants in Philly. My favorite foods are sushi, Chinese, Italian, and pretty much any dessert, but I’ll eat anything. In addition, I enjoy planning events and bringing people together. I also love reading, watching Netflix and Disney Plus, playing Animal Crossing, going to the movies, playing board games, and hanging out with friends.

I’m a real foodie- from sampling local cuisine to sipping on craft beers to cooking up a storm, I like to try new foods all the time. Naturally, to counter this, I also am really into fitness, including running, HIIT, weight lifting, etc. Outside of medicine, my relationships with my friends, family and community are really important to me. Traveling, service and volunteering, as well as practicing self-care are all also very important.

I like running and I’ve run 1 marathon and several half marathons. I’m in a book club and read a lot, too. I play violin and I’m hoping to find a small group to play with at Penn. I’m an MD/PhD student so I’ll be around for a while. Eating is probably my favorite pastime and I want to try as many Philly restaurants as possibly in my 8 years there!

In my free time, I enjoy playing basketball, cooking, hiking, following the NBA way too closely (go Sixers), scrolling through Twitter, reading lefty magazines, making kombucha, and watching Community re-runs. My family is very important to me. Very broadly speaking, I’m interested in trying to better understand the world around me and how we can work together to create lasting, positive change.

For fun I like to play Ping-Pong, dancing, concerts/listening to music, videogames and hanging out with new people. I am very extroverted so socializing makes me a very happy person. People describe me as patient, optimistic and sweet. I really like education, it is one of the things I love outside of medicine and want to dedicate some part of my life to.

I grew up in Northern California before moving to Baltimore to pursue my B.S. For fun, I enjoy snowboarding, painting, and drawing. Besides medicine, environmental science and comedy are also passions of mine!

In my free time, I like to spend as much time as possible with friends and family. With friends, I love traveling and exploring new places (especially new restaurants!) and trying new activities (most recently SCUBA, baking bread, sailing, cross country skiing, and boxing.) If I can’t be outdoors, I really enjoy reading and writing, and am a huge fan of comedy. In college, I wrote and performed sketch comedy, but I hope to branch out my writing to other modalities in med school.

In my free time, I enjoy practicing yoga and am a big supporter of greater mindfulness and presence in all spheres of life! When I get a chance to, I also love to be outdoors – hiking, skiing, traveling or exploring new places. I’m known to be an avid bookworm, and although I like most genres, I have a soft spot for all things fantasy. Occasionally, I return to my roots as a former choir/piano kid by listening to or making music, especially musical theater.

I have a passion for new experiences. I’m a certified scuba diver and I would love to go sky-diving again some time. I’m also a fanatic of rock climbing, swimming, tech, and food.

Outside of school/work, I really enjoy being active, especially playing sports and spending time at the beach. I usually spend a lot of my free time with my family and close friends, so I’ll definitely miss them as I move to Philadelphia. I also am a very mediocre cook and baker, but I enjoy experimenting and learning how to cook new foods.

In my free time, I like to explore, play volleyball, and create art. I love driving, and I go ice racing and compete in Autocross when I can. I do lots of New York Times crosswords and watch (probably too many) sitcoms. Outside of medicine, I value adventure and am always seeking new experiences.

I love traveling, learning new skills, and exploring new places. I also enjoy watching sports and staying active. My interests outside of medicine include social justice, relief work, and mentoring.

I enjoy running and hiking (being outdoors in really any capacity). I like exploring cities by going to museums and trying out new restaurants. I also really love ice cream (making it and eating it!)

Born in Connecticut, raised in Texas, joined the Navy to see the world but spent the last eight years on the east coast and don’t even have an active boating license. Passions include espresso, cooking, tequila, working out to fuel the aforementioned, and story driven movies and video games. The dog in the picture is my sister’s, but I do have a Roomba named Donnie.

Outside of medicine, my favorite things to do are: playing catch with my dad, going on runs with my mom, having long talks with my sister, playing guitar with my brother, and visiting national parks with my best friend. That’s everybody, right? I also care a lot about peanut butter, gum, oral hygiene, Boston sports, and my friends (not in that order).

In my free time I love to read (science fiction, medicine, economics/finance, and investing are my favorite topics), cook, play with my dog, exercise, and fly radio-controlled model airplanes. Outside of medicine, it is important for me to engage in constant learning and spend time with my family and friends.

I enjoy spending time with my friends/family, and love to center my gatherings around good food. In my free time, I love traveling, reading, and going out to dance (I was learning how to salsa pre-pandemic). I take pride in my ability to relate almost any situation to a scene in The Office, and during quarantine I’ve been binging old seasons of Amazing Race while struggling to cross stitch.

In my free time, I love rock climbing and going on bike rides with friends to new bars/restaurants. My favorite show on Netflix is the Great British Bake-Off. If I had unlimited resources, I would begin a North American road trip and probably listen to a lifetime’s worth of podcasts and audiobooks.

I like to exercise/play sports. I am always down for a hike or an unplanned walk. I love summer fruits, and my favourite meal is breakfast.

One of my favorite activities is to walk outside and enjoy nature while listening to music. Recently, due to quarantine requirements, I picked up some new mobile games to play at home (KartRider Rush+!). It is also important for me to spend time with my family whenever possible at home in South Korea because it is difficult to when I am in the states.

Hey Everyone! I’m Pranav, and I’m an incoming MS1 who loves the outdoors, to cook, and to run. I was also in a break-dancing crew in undergrad, and during quarantine, I took up the ukulele. Finally, I love spending time with my family and friends – can’t wait to meet everyone!

For fun, I love to read novels, play strategy games, and go on walks around the city. Outside of medicine, I’ve been involved in advocacy for people with hearing loss, spurred on in part by my own experiences with my cochlear implant. As an undergraduate, I was also involved in teaching, mentoring, and curriculum development, and I hope to get involved in similar initiatives at Penn.

I’m big on basking in the glory of the lord out in the sunshine playing pickup whatever- basketball, football, frisbee. I peaked on my high school track team, so I still run for the nostalgia and to flex on innocent moms walking their puppies to the dog park. I make raps music, the type your grandmother would wash your ears with soap and water a couple times if she caught you listening.

In my free time, I love to be outdoors, hiking, running or playing frisbee. I also love to bake, cook, and watch Netflix. Outside of medicine, social justice issues such as affordable housing for all and reproductive rights are really important to me. I also love teaching health education/ sex ed.

I like to play with my dog, cook, paint, and binge watch West Wing. I thought about going into politics before I decided to be a doctor, and am still very passionate about health care policy.

I love lifting weights and experimenting in the kitchen with healthy recipes. I enjoy most things that are adventurous and outdoorsy – hiking, cycling, exploring cities and parks. I am also an ice cream fiend and am always looking to try out new spots wherever I am!

I grew up ski racing and still like to get out and ski every now and then. Also just a fan of exercise in general and playing/watching various sports. I’m pretty close with my family in Japan, so I love to visit there when I have the chance.

For fun, I enjoy basketball, the Nintendo Switch, and fishing. I also spend time with friends as often as I can. It is important to me to develop relationships with others and make time for myself outside of medicine.

Hello! My name is Rucha and I’m so excited to meet you all! I play soccer, tennis and basketball for fun and love to cook, hike and read. Outside of medicine, I want to get involved in environmental activism and law.

I enjoy finding new psych rock from other countries, collecting vinyl, and listening to college radio—I DJ’d my own show during undergrad and like to think it was OK! Since graduating last year, I started a book club with friends and have enjoyed hiking again without crutches. I flew to Philly with my sourdough starter from home (11 months old yet unnamed) and bake most weekends. I also enjoy plant-based cooking—often things to put on that bread! Beyond my hobbies, I try to volunteer toward addressing food insecurity and the digital divide.

I am an avid fan of wilderness exploration and survival. For fun I like to hike and camp, track down and ogle wildlife, and in general avoid the city. I also enjoy strength training, martial arts, classic rock, sketch art, and any psychology book I can get my hands on.

I love to cook and my favorite place in the summer, besides the ocean, is a farmers market. In the before times, I enjoyed traveling and discovering new dishes along with new places. I spent most of my childhood living in Bangkok, and have a special place in my heart for Thai food and Thai beaches. I am passionate about health equity and the intersection between medicine, policy, and politics.

In my free time, I enjoy hiking, biking, swimming or really anything outdoors. I also play the piano, spend a lot of time doing crossword puzzles and love trying new recipes with my friends and family. After graduating college, I spent a year teaching in France, and exploring unfamiliar places is one of my favorite activities. Overall, meeting new people and maintaining close relationships will always be important to me.

For fun, I like to be active through exercise, playing sports and hiking. I also enjoy writing and reading books, especially those about intersecting minority identities. My family and friends, and my cat Benny are important to me outside of medicine.

I spend my free time with many hobbies, from reading to running to painting to learning how to cook to playing golf. I generally like trying new things and exploring new places. Most importantly, I love playing with puppies, eating chocolate, and watching movies.

I am an avid skier – hoping to tackle some double black diamonds soon! However, I generally enjoy exploring and most things outdoorsy, especially those that involve water or snow sports. I also enjoy the occasional video game and joyrides in my car.

Outside of medicine, I would say that faith, family, and friends are the most central aspects of my life. I am also passionate about issues concerning social justice, especially those centered around global, racial, and socioeconomic disparity, education, etc. For fun, I enjoy biking, traveling, and watching TV & Netflix with friends and family (Greenleaf is a current favorite). I am also an avid music fan. Whether it is playing piano or trumpet, composing, or listening to Spotify hours on end, it is my favorite way to reflect on life and express my thought and ideas.

I am generally an active, social person who loves to spend his downtime with others. I enjoy vibrant cities (spent my two gap years in NYC and SF), nice restaurants (with a focus on Asian cuisines with spicy, flavorful food), fun bars (with hip-hop music and dance vibes), and weekend trips. I am a runner, but also enjoy pick-up basketball, tennis, spikeball, and group workouts. I also love watching sports (tennis, NBA, NFL, among others) and movies (favorite directors include Tarantino, Nolan, Scorsese, Coen Brothers, etc.). Lastly, my gap year work was with a start-up in the biopharma space – thus, I am always interested in discussing opportunities that integrate clinical medicine, research, and industry.

I like gymming, reading, eating interesting foods and going to raves for fun. Outside of medicine, I’m interested in qualitative/ethnographic research, social advocacy and anthropology. Hoping to travel and eat more interesting food these upcoming years

I like to garden, cook, and watch horror movies. I am really passionate about environmentalism and love spending time outdoors. I also love learning about different cultures through museums, restaurants, art, and traveling!

Outside of medicine, I like to cook, knit, and paint. I also like learning new languages. I enjoy choreographing and performing Indian classical dance, which I have been learning from a young age.

Outside of medicine, I am most passionate about Islamic studies, history, and human rights. I enjoy reading in my free time, especially the genres of classical literature, historical fiction, and historical non-fiction. I also enjoy playing tennis, playing the violin, and visiting national parks.

I love to be outside in nature. I enjoy hiking, biking, swimming and camping, and I find it more enjoyable when I can share these adventures with others. I enjoy meeting new friends and spending quality time with friends and family!

Outside of medicine, I like to make music, typically on my trombone or computer but increasingly on the piano! I also like to exercise and watch soccer. Furthermore, I enjoy studying languages and using them to learn about cultures. Beyond these things, I enjoy simple pleasures in life like “Dad jokes” and conversations with friends about basically anything they find interesting. In terms of what’s important to me outside of medicine, my faith, Christianity, is very important to me and influences virtually every aspect of my life.

When not in class or in the lab, I’m an avid runner, climber, and graphic designer. While the current public health crisis has made it tough, local and global travel have always been my favorite ways to meet new people and encounter new ideas. In the interim, reading works by Haruki Murakami, Isabel Allende, and Marlon James have helped pass the time.

I really enjoy learning about a variety of topics, like economics, politics, history, and tech. I am also really into playing and following sports; my favorites are football, baseball, basketball, and tennis. Exercising, particularly weightlifting, has been a big part of my life and is a huge stress reliever for me. I sometimes will work on side projects like writing or even coding!

For fun, I like to garden, run, bake, and spend time with my two pet rabbits. My family and my health are important to me.

Most of my free time is spent running, finding new shows to watch (mainly TV comedies), and spending time with friends. I’m looking forward to exploring Philadelphia largely through running and finding fun things to do outside. I have spent most of quarantine experimenting in the kitchen and begging my family to play board games (mostly Ticket to Ride). In undergrad I have enjoyed cheering on Notre Dame sports and traveling to new places.

I enjoy exploring the city, going out to eat with friends, and spending time with my family. My competitive side comes out in trivia and pick-up basketball. Always a fan of a good tv series, movie, or book. Outside of medicine, I am interested in current events, especially surrounding the military, American history, and aviation.

I really value connecting to communities through art and video games. My favorite thing to do in person with friends is go grocery shopping and cook up a big meal (with dessert!). On rainy days, I love running or reading by the window.

Zisha is passionate about exploring ways to make medical ethics and its intersection with Jewish Law more accessible to the medical profession. Outside of school, he works in the footwear and medical supply industry. In his free time, he enjoys listening to music, starting new books, and spending time with family and friends.