Malcolm X said, “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” I am a German-Nigerian immigrant, Second Lieutenant (Student Officer) in the U.S. Army Reserve, and the first in my family to attend medical school. I strive to advocate for socially invisible or otherwise alienated healthcare populations using contextualized, evidence-based practices. My prior work with refugees at the Bellevue Program for Survivors of Torture, where I served as a Patient Advocate for two years, only strengthened this resolve. Originally from a small farming community in Northwestern Germany, I moved to the United States as a little girl. Having lived both domestically and abroad in rural, urban, and suburban environments, I am a global citizen and advocate for the transformative power of higher education inside and outside the classroom. My childhood dream has always been to become a doctor, however, my academic and extracurricular passions remain broad. During high school, I captained various sports teams, earned my Varsity Letter, and published and presented research in aquatic microbiology. In college, I wrote my senior thesis in vertebrate paleontology using digitized fossil collections, computer-aided design software, and statistical modeling software. Currently, I am a third-year medical student at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.