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Gratreak MD-PhD Student University of Arizona COM-T https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb3aec1c87fca1838ab54e4/1589078859465-OIDGYGA5SBW60SRMMXRU/twitter-bio.png Procrastination Gallery aka Personal Blog https://www.gratreak.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-03-14 https://www.gratreak.com/about daily 0.75 2020-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb3aec1c87fca1838ab54e4/1589085899926-PIEBQ7Q2DB111W8WRQPE/50874010_967144933474984_1623923960636768256_o.jpg Biography - During and after college, I was a science educator through an internship at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry where I discovered a passion for translating scientific jargon into normal people talk, typically through demonstrations involving fire, explosions, and puns. I saw the amazing things that happen from combining my art with scientific education and science communication. I went through a lot of terrible stuff from 2014-2016 including multiple brain injuries and getting hit by a car. I fought hard to take care of myself, prepare for medical school, and graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology in 2016. My family and friends, especially in the BIRRDSONG TBI support group, got me through the worst of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb3aec1c87fca1838ab54e4/1589084561005-Z0TXOV3J8EDG57X2PGXM/53658707_989572581232219_5724530448755851264_o.jpg Biography - I go by Britt (she/her) and my roots start in Boring, Oregon— yep, it's a real place! I have spent most of my life surrounded by forests and rain in Oregon, so moving to Arizona for medical school introduced a whole new world to me. I love the wildlife here and screech pretty pathetically over how cute every single reptile can be. I feel nostalgic during monsoon season and still never use an umbrella. I left my small town to go to Portland Community College and figure out how college worked because, frankly, I had no idea. No one in my family had ever tried to get a Bachelor’s Degree before. Initially, my family did not like the idea that I was going to college and I left on pretty bad terms shortly after I graduated high school. They’ve since come around and accepted my choices though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb3aec1c87fca1838ab54e4/1589086553279-RK84N6W96IIOUQU5KAXJ/59794565_1020627438126733_2575413483336105984_o%281%29.jpg Biography - I re-applied to medical school in 2018, before anything was published, but still got a handful of interviews. With financial help from special folks who really believed in me, I was able to cast a wider net and apply to way more schools than my first cycle. My interview cycle was the most distance I ever traveled in the United States and the first time I’d ever been to the east coast. Of all the schools I interviewed at, the warm community at UA made the school one of my top choices. I was wait-listed and put on alternate lists at every school and the waiting process plus constant uncertainty was horrendous. It really deteriorates your mental health. Then, in May 2019, I was officially accepted into the MD-PhD program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson! It was a total dream come true. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb3aec1c87fca1838ab54e4/1589087988062-3Y3SHNQQH6DZ2PL0A8LZ/felt+cute+might+shave+my+head+later-3000px.png Biography - IN SUMMARY: Some parts of my life have really sucked and I feel like there is some kind of otherworldly reason why grit rhymes with Britt. Without a stupid amount of luck and tons of support from friends I made along the way, I wouldn’t be here today. I know what it’s like to struggle to self-support through college, after college, and the uncertainty involved with it. That’s why I’m dedicated to helping first-generation and low income folks reach their dreams because medicine absolutely needs their presence and input. Science does, too!