Katya Vera

Today is my first day of medical school at @StanfordMed and I am beyond excited to be here ❤️ Here are some photos from my 🥼 & 🩺 Ceremony last Friday, I had the honor of being white-coated (is that a verb?) by @fdjperez

Third time in a week someone asked if I was becoming a nurse when I said I was a medical student 🌝

It was so much fun filming this year’s @StanfordMed Music Video 🥳🎶 Hope I made you proud @charli_xcx 💚 #stanford #stanfordmedicine #charlixcx #360

@charli_xcx hope we made you proud 💚

@jessica_or_jess True 😌😝

@verilykatya Queen they manifested it but you worked for it 💅

My friends first manifested this for me in July 2023 and now I am officially co-chair of Stanford LMSA 🥰 #lmsa #stanfordmed #latinadoctor #latinamedicalstudent

Yesterday I attended @StanfordMed’s Health Equity Symposium 🩺 I met the amazing @uche_blackstock and learned from @RushMedical’s CEO, Omar Lateef, that health equity is possible, it is just expensive! May we in medicine remember and remind others of this attainability 🙏🏻

Update - I did!

If Dr. Oz can oversee Medicare and Medicaid, I can pass this Biochem Final 🫡

Biochem final this Thursday - only thing carrying me is #RHOBH premier dropping today, #lvmurakami collab coming in Jan 2025, and a dream

@lorena49996694 Thank you!

@verilykatya Awesome work!

I attended a @StanfordMed Health Equity event yesterday and mentioned that we need more Latinx physicians (CA = 40% Latino, CA doctors = 6% Latino) One doctor disagreed with me… 1/

@AXP1x1 @StanfordMed Most importantly, I don’t judge ppl based on their background I deserve to be at Stanford, I will do everything I can to change this racist/worn-out myth. I am smart, hardworking & qualified. And I am going to be a doctor I pray that Jesus softens your cruel & hateful heart 🙏🏻

@AXP1x1 @StanfordMed How sad your life must be to feel the need to go online & belittle students of color’s accomplishments based on your racist beliefs that they’re not smart/qualified I was my HS valedictorian, graduated magna cum laude from Princeton, did years of research, had a good GPA/MCAT

@AXP1x1 @StanfordMed I have white skin & I put white on all my questionnaires b/c race & ethnicity are 2 diff things. I’m a white Latina. 👩🏻‍⚕️ I never once said white students are the most advantaged. I said wealthy students. My class is 50%+ Asian and only 10% Latinx - wake up to the actual stats.

@verilykatya @StanfordMed Also have you even thought about how you got into Stanford. Multiple applicants likely with higher scores than you simply did not make the cut because of their white skin color (which does not mean they are privileged). Wake up to reality.

@AXP1x1 @StanfordMed This is a harmful myth - it is actually the COMPLETE opposite Admissions favors students whose parents are wealthy (can study for the MCAT full time, network) - this is typically not students of color Comment from your real account and we’ll have a truly enlightening discussion

@verilykatya @StanfordMed With all advantages given to Latino in admissions – still there are very few considering medicine. This is not everyone’s fault. This is the Latino community’s fault.

@JasonAndrewsMD Thank you so much for sharing!!

If you don’t believe me, I encourage you to read my Princeton Senior Thesis: dataspace.princeton.edu/handle/88435/d…

#healthequity #nationallatinophysicianday #Stanfordmedicine