The Race, Ethnicity, & Culture in Health (REACH) Action Committee is responsible for executing AMSA’s programming and advocacy efforts in issues of race, ethnicity, and culture, including but not limited to cultural sensitivity, health disparities, social determinants of health, and diversity in the healthcare workforce. 

Position description

Community Coordinators are understood to serve within the larger context of AMSA’s Advocacy and Action work. Leveraging their areas of expertise, they will engage in the following in close consultation with AMSA’s Legislative Affairs Director:

• • Organize and lead grassroots community building spaces, including but not limited to contributing to Advocacy & Action’s monthly social hours, bringing the work of the Action Committee to ÃÛÑ¿appmembers via virtual and in-person (when possible) chapter gatherings, and beyond, curating recurring touchpoints for connection-building. 
  • Develop and maintain the work of resiliency and rituals of belonging, creating ongoing trauma-informed initiatives, including but not limited to peer mentorship circles, sacred processing spaces, chapter milestone celebrations, and beyond, which intricately weaves a strong safety net of support and deepen members’ sense of home across ÃÛÑ¿appchapters.
  • Strengthen chapter networks, coalitions, and local events as the backbone of our pillared infrastructure, enabling chapter leaders to host gatherings, foster regional alliances, and launch initiatives which amplify and uplift ASMA’s advocacy priorities with grassroots staying power.
  • We would love to include language here about expectations for ACT Community Coordinators to keep the membership team informed of ACT programming and actions, and would love to get insight on the best methods for that! For example, having ACT Community Coordinators participate in quarterly touchpoints with Membership and otherwise keeping Membership in the loop via email?
  • Oversee the alignment of committee-specific projects with AMSA’s primary organizational priorities, thoughtfully integrating pillar deliverables into all initiatives.  

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Before entering medical school, Brock gained extensive clinical experience as a clinical research assistant, emergency department technician, and phlebotomist/lab assistant. In addition to serving on AMSA’s BOT as the Vice President of Membership Elect, he is also President of Paths to Wellness, a local student-led initiative operating within a free clinic to provide wellness education and services to uninsured and under-resourced populations.

Brock is committed to promoting health equity, empowering student leadership, and expanding access to quality care for underserved and rural communities. Outside of medicine, he enjoys cooking, spending time with friends and family, archery, and hiking.

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Throughout her academic journey, she has contributed to her society by holding various leadership positions. She also held a position of course director of the pre- medical scholar program in 2023/2024 in AMSA, where she and her teammates arranged courses and speakers, who they felt would make an impact on the pre- medical scholar’s journeys.

Apart from the Academic space, Betty enjoys singing which she continuously does in her Home Church. She also enjoys community service, which gives her opportunity to give back to her society. Betty is a well-rounded individual who strives for knowledge and excellence in her dealings.

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Rico has been actively involved with the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) for several years, serving in various leadership roles. He currently holds the position of Vice President for Membership on the ÃÛÑ¿appBoard of Trustees. In this role, he is committed to engaging with current medical student members and expanding the organization’s medical student membership to strengthen AMSA’s advocacy efforts on behalf of future physicians.

Rico is deeply passionate about improving access to healthcare for marginalized populations, with a particular focus on underserved communities of color. His broader goal is to advance health equity both in the United States and globally.

Outside of his academic and advocacy work, Rico enjoys watching and playing sports, traveling, playing video games, and spending quality time with family and friends.

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Annelise joined ÃÛÑ¿appas President of the BSOM institutional partnership chapter in 2020 and helped lead an ambitious revamping of the chapter that ultimately resulted in it becoming the most active chapter in the organization. Simultaneously as Vice Chair, Annelise helped with the founding of Young and Empowered Women (Y&E), a non-profit dedicated advocating for gender equity and supporting early career women with professional and personal development. Compelled by AMSA’s unapologetic advocacy for health equity and its rich history in helping transform the face of healthcare through empowering student physician-leaders, she is excited to take her leadership from AMSAxBSOM and Y&E to the national level to continue developing the generation of ÃÛÑ¿appchangemakers.

As a former educator and Teach for America alumna, she is passionate about equitable access to healthcare and the advocacy of diversity in medicine starting from the K-12 range. Additional academic interests include leadership development, neuropsychiatric imaging research, and radiology editorial work. In her spare time, she loves yoga, cooking, and traveling with her husband.

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Previously, Sukriti was a Course Director for AMSA’s Reproductive Justice Health Scholars Program, creating a welcoming space for students to ask tough questions and grow into thoughtful advocates for reproductive health. She also served as president of her undergraduate university’s pre-medical ÃÛÑ¿appchapter for two years and as president of her medical school’s ÃÛÑ¿appchapter from 2023–2024.

Known for her boundless curiosity and genuine care for others, Sukriti is driven by her belief that medicine is more than science. She believes healthcare is an act of service rooted in justice, equity, and human connection. She is determined to stand alongside underserved and marginalized communities through grassroots advocacy and by helping make healthcare accessible to all.

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