My name is Gerald Chang, a proud Cuban-American pre-medical student at the University of Miami seeking a major in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with an aspiring goal to enter medical school and begin a future career in medicine, where I wish to use my multicultural background and experience, my love and curiosity for science that extends throughout my undergraduate career, as well as my skills of hard work, dedication, compassion, cultural competence, social accountability, reliability, and humanistic communication to improve the health outcomes of others, make a positive impact on patients' lives, and increase health knowledge and understanding. My experience as a front desk student worker has given me the skills of interpersonal communication and teamwork that has given me the confidence to work with others in a group and collaborative setting. My shadowing experience in the Interventional Radiology department at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and in the Family Medicine department at Jackson Memorial Hospital have given me greater understanding towards certain specialties in the medical field, as well as how surgical and radiological procedures and examinations are undertaken, and how an attending physician and their residents discuss cases during patient rounding. My volunteering at Baptist Doctor's Hospital and Miami Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Institute has allowed me to view the inner workings of hospital and all of its moving parts. My most recent experience at the UHI CommunityCare Clinic, a free pediatric clinic for uninsured patients, has been the culmination of my current and future goals, as it has allowed me direct clinical experience with patients as I work side-by-side with the pediatrician and her medical students in obtaining patient vitals, performing physicals, taking patient medical and social history, and acting as a translator from Spanish to English due to the predominantly Hispanic patient population. I am also able to further connect to my Hispanic-American heritage as I use my Spanish-speaking ability to communicate and allow for proper healthcare delivery to those underserved and impoverished in the Hispanic community in south Florida, where I have grown up for the majority of my life and feel a great connection towards. I wish to gain more valuable and fruitful experience during my gap year before applying for medical school, where I wish to pursue a specialty in pediatrics.