I Ensure the Voices of My Colleagues
& Patients Are Given Priority

The drive to be a physician that took hold when I was 7 and has led me to remained engaged in organized medicine on a local, state and national level ever since. I am the former President and a member of the Executive Committee of the San Diego County Medical Society and the CATCH grant facilitator for the American Academy of Pediatrics CA-3 Chapter, helping to connect community pediatricians to grants for research and quality improvement. 

​On the state level, I work for my patients and colleagues and served as the Chair of the Council of Medical Services for California Medical Association for seven years where I collaborated with many specialties and practice modalities as we expand and modernize CMA policies on topics like: Corporatization of Healthcare, Future of Medical Practice Post-COVID, Digital Health, Reducing Administrative Barriers, Addressing Increasing Pharmaceutical Costs, Enhancing Competitiveness of the Healthcare Market, and Addressing Utilization through Improved Care Delivery. 

At the American Medical Association, I have served in leadership positions throughout the Young Physicians Section and am a past Chair of that Section. As a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics delegation, I helped represent the voice of America's Pediatricians and their patients at the highest level. I have leadership roles throughout national organized medicine including at the American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, the Center to Advance Palliative Care, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

​I’m a first-generation immigrant, mother of three, physician spouse, researcher, and Black woman physician who cares for patients at both ends of the life spectrum.  Our patients deserve our best efforts to reform our healthcare system—shattering barriers to care and uplifting the quality of care we provide while allowing physicians to regain their joy in practicing medicine.  Together we can transform our health system to meet the diverse needs of our patients and physician colleagues.