“Do you want to be a health and social advocate for your patients?” A local physician asked us during a presentation on racial disparaties and equity. My mind began spinning to moments, small snippets which I believe have led to this moment. I recalled my first time working in an inner city hospital while I was a pre-med student. I was working with different physicians in the internal medicine outpatient clinic when a patient arrived who appeared a little disheveled. She appeared happy to see the physician, and immediately began catching him up on where her life was. However, she had missed a few previous appointments, and she began giving a variety of explanations: trouble finding transportation, her son was supposed to bring her but didn’t bring her, she had work and could not leave her shift. The physician was sympathetic and made a light-hearted comment about his happiness that sh...