Anjali Pradhan is a third-year medical student at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She is originally from the Bay Area where she received her BA in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley. Her interest in neurosurgery originated from her experience conducting neuroscience research in high school and college at Stanford University School of Medicine. Moreover, her passion for global medicine and global neurosurgery arises from her background as a Maternal & Child Health Specialist when she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Rwanda. In her free time, she enjoys running, surfing or any water sport, spending time with her family & cat, and traveling.