Brian went to UW for undergrad, where he majored in Public Health. After graduating from college, he worked at Sea Mar CHC for four years before starting medical school as a health educator, where he had the opportunity to implement community programs and provide direct patient centered education to the Latino community. He started at the UWSOM as a Community- Focused Urban Scholar Program (CUSP) student. In medical school, he has received the UWSOM Service learning award twice, was selected as a Husky 100, and the MLK Community Service Award from the UWSOM. He was also inducted to the UWSOM Gold Humanism Honor Society for his dedication to underserved communities. He is currently a fourth year medical student with the hope of becoming a family medicine physician that works on improving the health of his patients in, and outside of the clinic by focusing on community medicine.