Hola, me llamo Angelica Villanueva. I was born in an urban city in North Carolina on April 14. I am a bilingual Mexican American studying at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a proud member of the UNC Class of 2019. I currently am double majoring in Biology and Global Studies with a concentration on Global Health in Latin America and minoring in Chemistry on the Pre-Medicine track. My dream is to go to Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons to get my MD and become a Pediatric surgeon. I’m still not sure I will become a surgeon but, I would enjoy working with kids and having the ability to allow future generations to accomplish more than we could, to experience more than we could, and to have a chance at life.

My career at Carolina started during the summer with a program called SummerBridge. The picture above is of everyone who was part of this program. See if you can spot me. I am the girl in the center standing in front of another girl with a Carolina Blue baseball cap on, right behind the row who is sitting. This program exposed me to the resources available at my beloved public Ivy and it allowed me to learn how to succeed at a university of this size. This also happens to be where I met my dearest friends and essentially, my support group.

A little about my involvement on campus…I am a member of MAPS–Minority Association for Pre-Health Students–an organization geared toward minorities and helping them get into graduate school by mentoring them through the process of applying and distributing information regarding available opportunities. I am a Member of HCC–Health Careers Club– of which I am a member of the Fundraising Committee for an event called Health on The Block. I am a member of MSRC–Minority Student Recruitment Club. I mostly volunteer for programs geared at recruiting minorities like myself. Side note: I recently just gave my first Spanish tour as a member of this organization and it rekindled my love for working with students and their parents. Also, I am working towards becoming a Buckley Public Service Scholar in which I perform three main types of service work during my stay, here, at Carolina.

I’m new to blogging and I know everyone starts off with a “Get to know me” post nowadays. Bear with me. We can learn the ropes together as I share my journey to medical school with you all.

Just remember. Be strong, Stay safe and First do no harm.