First-Generation & Low-Income in Medicine Association (FGLIA)
Our mission is to form connections and build a community among first-generation and low-income (FGLI) medical students, promote well-being and collective visibility among FGLI medical students, and challenge current paradigms in the medical profession while promoting the belonging and appreciation of FGLI trainees.
Activities:
Hosting talks with our faculty mentors who are first-generation in medicine.
Trivia day to elucidate the effects that inequities in income level and first-generation college experience have on the distribution of physicians in the United States.
Goals and objectives for 2023-2024:
Promote visibility, well-being, and community among medical students who are first-generation college graduates and/or from low-income backgrounds.
Share and promote strategies to amplify recruitment, retention, and support of FGLI trainees in medicine.
Articulate the strengths and challenges unique to FGLI trainees, and propose sustainable, creative solutions to maximize FGLI potential.
Develop, strengthen, and empower a national network of students, faculty, and medical schools committed to the success of FGLI medical trainees and physicians.
Free financial literacy books!
☆ LEADERSHIP ☆
President: Gubidxa Gutierrez Seymour
Vice President & Treasurer: Carolina Rodriguez Orozco
Secretary: Samuel Salib
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Albin Leong
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