A year and a half into my medical education, I can now see that patients are more than protons and neutrons; they are thoughts, feelings, hopes, and dreams chipped and painted by their surrounding cultures and circumstances. My goal is to interweave aspects of various religions, cultures, and values to create a multifaceted medical education that celebrates individualism. Brown has given me the tools to pursue this goal, pushing me out of my campus comfort zone and into the world. I was lucky enough to travel to Taiwan to take a class on Traditional Chinese Medicine and Comparative Bioethics at the National Cheng Kung University School of Medicine. I spent my summer days shadowing doctors of another culture to gain a deeper understanding of my own. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, doctors do not treat an illness, but rather a person with an illness. Participating in this program helped me understand TCM so that when I become an expert in western medicine, I can combine these two traditions in the creation of a holistic medical practice. In a few days, I will be traveling to Israel to study HIV/AIDS. I view this class, not as a subject to be mastered, but as an opportunity to be experienced. An opportunity for me and my classmates to dig in and gain a deeper appreciation for the way people and their communities face healthcare challenges in the context of their values, cultures, and respective societies. While I don’t know exactly what I will get out of this experience, I know it will be far beyond my wildest imagination. In addition, Brown’s Program in Liberal Medical Education has taught me that a medical education has no bounds; therefore, over the past year and a half, I have taken classes on poetry, engineering, and computer science in addition to physiology and chemistry. I can not wait to see what comes next. I am incredibly humbled and grateful for the support and generosity of MVYouth. Thanks to your kindness, Brown University has become my incredible beginning, and the world has become my classroom.