Itzel Lopez-Hinojosa graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a Bachelor’s of Arts in American Culture Studies and Biochemistry. At WashU, Itzel led educational and policy discussions related to health disparities and served as a peer mental health counselor. In addition, she wrote a thesis exploring the experience of Latinx undergraduates with mental health. After college, Itzel returned to her alma mater, Illinois Math and Science Academy, and served as a residential counselor. As a 2019 Albert Schweitzer Fellow, Itzel developed a healthy eating and exercise curriculum for 3rd and 4th graders, and an empowering and mentorship curriculum for high school girls living in Back of the Yards. She is currently a third year medical student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. At Pritzker, Itzel was the Co-President of the Latino Medical Student Association, a laboratory coordinator for the Community Health Clinic, and the curriculum development chair for the Chicagoland Clinic Consortium. She co-organized both the annual Black and Latina Women in Medicine Forum and the Annual Regional LMSA conference. The summer of 2019, Itzel traveled to Peru to provide cervical cancer screenings with REMEDY, a service-learning program. As a Medical Organization for Latino Advancement scholar, she worked with Dr. Pilar Ortega to assess a ten-module medical Spanish curriculum for clinical interviews and physical exams using pre- and post- assessments. She is currently working with Dr. Elizabeth Tung to understand the lived experience of Spanish speaking immigrants with violent political rhetoric and its implications on health. As a child of Mexican immigrants, Itzel has placed her efforts on understanding and dismantling health disparities through research, service, and advocacy. She strives to learn as much as she can to be a physician for her people.