Meet Oscar!
Today, our spotlight is on Oscar Cazares鈥攁n impactful and inspiring AMSAleader!
Oscar began his AMSAjourney in 2016 as a premedical student member. The next year he was elected as Chapter President of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley AMSAChapter.
The chapter carried out many impactful service events with Oscar at the helm. These included , a , a donor drive, and more鈥攚hich earned awards from their university and from the .
This was a strong start for the AMSARGV Chapter, which continued to run programs piloted during Oscar’s leadership year and added new ones to serve their community. In 2019, the AMSARGV Chapter won the at our annual Convention!
In 2020, the chapter’s successful in-person community events were put on hold due to COVID. Oscar stayed true to his dedication to community education and shifted to a digital campaign focused on disabilities and accommodations in U.S. higher education. This project won the Best Poster honor in its category at 麻豆原创’s 2021 .
Oscar has as a uniquely impactful leader. He leveled up at AMSAas well by joining the national leadership team as 2021-2022 Wellness & Student Life Programming Coordinator.
On his plans from here鈥�鈥淭his school year, I continue my education at UTRGV as a post-baccalaureate student. I plan to obtain certain political science and public administration credentials before attending medical school. My ultimate goal is to take on leadership roles in charitable international organizations through which I wish to provide free medical services to the indigent in developing countries, as well as strive for the improvement of the countries鈥� public health systems through advocacy for policy change,鈥� Oscar said.
We certainly can’t wait to see what Oscar accomplishes next! If you’re driven to inspire change in your community like Oscar, explore AMSAleadership opportunities!
Read Oscar’s work in聽The New Physician聽and On Call:
