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Christian’s journey began at UCLA, where he studied psychobiology, global health, and music history. He navigated college as a first-generation student, and he is the proud son of a Mexican-American father and a Vietnamese mother. He traveled to rural Nicaragua to deliver health care and public health services and spent two years teaching local underserved youth public health and nutrition. After graduating from UCLA, Christian took two gap years and managed large-scale, community-based clinical research studies targeting addiction medicine and HIV/AIDS patients in Los Angeles.
Christian’s formative healthcare and public health experiences and passion for advancing health and racial equity inspired him to apply to and attend the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA’s Program in Medical Education for Leadership and Advocacy (PRIME-LA). He completed his MS1 and MS2 years of medical school at UCLA, joining the Global Health Equity Pathway and conducting qualitative HIV/AIDS research with a multidisciplinary research team in Malawi.
He also co-developed an antiracism discussion curriculum for UCLA preclinical medical students. He consulted a free clinic in the San Fernando Valley to address food insecurity and chronic disease burden using a food pharmacy program. He received the Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship awarded to five incoming third-year medical students across the country who have shown leadership in efforts to eliminate inequities in medical education and health care.
Christian pivoted away from medicine to fully pursue his aspirations of addressing healthcare access and delivery challenges systematically using evidence-based and technology-driven solutions within the field of public health. He graduated with his MPH from Brown University, and he is pursuing a global online MBA at Imperial College London focused on learning how to leverage health innovation and entrepreneurship to tackle major public health issues facing underserved communities globally.
As an admissions consultant, Christian brings his immense enthusiasm for mentorship and strategic expertise in guiding students through the rigorous medical school admissions cycle, from narrative and persona building to interview preparation. He strongly believes in authentic storytelling and helping students find their unique voices to amplify throughout the medical school application cycle.
Some of Christian’s key strengths are supporting students in developing confidence, enhancing their academic and extracurricular profile, and strengthening their interviewing skills. He enjoys helping applicants with personal statement writing, navigating primary and secondary applications, and conducting mock interviews. Students he has coached have gained acceptance at several medical schools, including UCLA, UC Irvine, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.