Our Story

DiverseCity began as a pilot effort back in 2015.

In 2021, we were humbled to win funding from the American Medical Association’s ChangeMedEd Bright Ideas Grant to expand this initiative into medicine. You can view our vision for DiverseCity in our pitch to the American Medical Association below:

We are now working to crowdsource ideas, directions, and opportunities from our own medical community to understand how to build this into the most effective tool possible. We want to hear from you!

Who is DiverseCity for?

Students who dream of, and work hard toward, going to med school but face unique difficulties: No one in their family had gone to college before, for instance, and they didn’t know any doctors who looked like them or had a similar background. Students who bring unique backgrounds such as but not limited to interests, disabilities, age, and gender identity.

How does it work?

DiverseCity participants can initiate mentorship relationships by sending off questions to interviewees, potentially leading to meetup events and other offline interactions. DiverseCity is a tool that students and educators come to when looking for unique perspectives about uncharted or difficult paths.

What do we hope to achieve?

To uplift marginalized communities and what the future of diversity looks like in medicine