For Women of Color in Medicine, the Challenges Extend Beyond Education

The complexities of applying, a lack of mentorship, and struggles to navigate the system are just a few of the roadblocks

Jessica Yang
ZORA
Published in
7 min readSep 9, 2019

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A cropped shot of a doctor, who is a woman of color, talking to a patient in her office.
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WWomen physicians face constant reminders that they are women in a field created by males, that no matter what they say or how they dress, that…

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Jessica Yang
ZORA
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