Residency Program

ABOUT ME

Since I was young, I have always loved the arts. Sculpture, paint, photography – you name it, I was there. Once I started medical school, I happily discovered that being in the OR was like taking on the most intricate (and high stakes) art project I’d known thus far. Combine it with a team atmosphere and being on a platform where one could advocate for women, and I was in.

I am so excited to have the opportunity to be trained here at UCSF. The program’s social justice flavor and emphasis on medicine’s interactions with the economy and politics (both locally and globally) are so unique and important to being a physician in the years to come. UCSF also attracts some inspiring folks, and I’m looking forward to being taught and challenged by their like. And on top of all that, the diversity of this campus and city are the cherry on top. As a Latina woman, I know the ability to see myself and my family reflected in both patients and neighbors won’t allow me to stray far from my original goal – to serve.