BriʼAna Gardiner is a nontraditional premed student who works full-time and attends school. She is completing a diy post-bac at the University of Houston Downtown and working as a research coordinator for UT Health Science Center in the department of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery for the last year in a half. Last year she was a PreMed Scholars Program participant, which led to her seeking a more active role in the program as a course director. During her free time traveling has been her go-to activity of choice, or sitting in her rocking chair engulfed in a novel.

Zoreed Mukhtar graduated from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. She plans to attend medical school in the future and is passionate about health policy. Currently, she serves as the global health policy coordinator for the American Medical Student Association and as a member of Lighthouse Central Florida’s public policy committee. Zoreed is also a district intern in a local congressman’s office and a volunteer medical scribe for Shepherd’s Hope, a non-profit clinic. She was a premedical scholar last year and decided to become an AMSA course director in order to help educate other premedical students about current health trends. In her free time, Zoreed likes to watch basketball and take photographs for her fashion blog.