Anyone who has achieved success can point back to a mentor that first inspired them.
Mentorship is a pathway in which diversity, equity and inclusion can thrive.
Our youth yearn for the opportunity to be mentored. We have a responsibility to not let them down.
A pilot program at St. Michael's mentors high school students from communities that are under-represented in the field of heart surgery, in the hopes of developing more diversity in the profession
@BobbyYanagawa
@AkachukwuNwako1
@lina_elfaki
Extremely grateful to help spearhead this initiative with
@BobbyYanagawa
,
@lina_elfaki
and the folks at Toronto Community Housing. It's inspiring to see the passion and potential in the room. I'm looking forward to growing with the students!
The black community has high rates of cardiovascular disease. I believe that each of us is only as strong as our community is. As doctors we have a responsibility to share what we've learned with those dear to us. Thank you
@BobbyYanagawa
for helping to make this talk possible.
Thank you Black Bachelor of Health Sciences Association for inviting me back as an alumni to my alma mater
@McMasterU
to attend your Black Health Conference. It was great to connect with old friends and meet lots of new faces!! The future is bright! 💡
One of my favourite quotes:
"To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one's self ... and to venture in the highest sense is precisely to become conscious of one's self."
- Soren Kierkegaard