First Impressions of MED, from the Assistant Director

Hello! My name is Tamara Solorzano and I am the Assistant Program Director for the VIA MED program.…

Insights from Week 1 of MED 2017

Hello everyone, my name is Keita Morikawa. I’m a fourth-year medical student from the University of Tokyo. It’s…

MED Reflections in Haiku

Sushi rolls still there Six-hundred dollars on food And Ubers well spent Hello, my name is William Wang,…

Building Cross-Cultural Community Among Future Medical Professionals

Hello there! My name is Allison Nguyen and I am one of the three global health fellows for…

Connecting Health, Education, and Social Change

Hello! My name is Joriene Mercado and I’m entering my fourth and final year at Stanford University. I’m…

Mining for Meaning

I am Neil Chang, an upcoming first year student at National Yang Ming University in Taiwan. “Between my…

VIA Concludes a Busy Summer in Silicon Valley and Asia

September concludes an exciting season of summer programs with VIA. In both the US and Asia, we welcomed new staff,…

Meet the Summer 2017 Social Innovation Team!

This summer we have an amazing team of social innovation coordinators. Learn more about these energetic innovators who…

When Temples Innovate: A New Way to Welcome 2017 in Japan!

“I’ve learned that our roots could be the resource of power. I’ve learned that even if the roots…

Personal Reflection on My Days with GLE

I think I’ve made the right decision to go. I hesitated before I booked the airline tickets and…