August Felix. A wondered smile crossed your face when I awkwardly introduced myself. What’s a medical student doing here, you ask? This was remission.

Alexandra Bennett. Yet many of us still maintain and perpetuate this stark separation between the mouth and the rest of the body.

Shervin Rezaei. Much like the window in the corridor, her interpreter was a light in an otherwise unnavigable world.

Alan Xie. During the first week of my third year rotations, my internal medicine attending asked me, “What languages do you speak?”