How has ASDA helped you build your leadership skills?
Being involved in ASDA has shown me the importance of collaboration. There is so much talent amongst all our chapter members and it is critical that we don’t let them go to waste. It is one of my primary … read more

How has ASDA helped you build your leadership skills?
My time as a leader has taught me how to approach meetings and planning more systematically. Between planning our larger scale conferences and smaller committee events, it has been essential to maintain … read more

Why do you want to be a dentist?
For my 7th birthday, my parents gave me a dentist's play set. It became my favorite toy and opened my interest in the field. Once in 8th grade, my dad took me to the dental clinic where he worked as a lab technician, and I asked if I could shadow … read more

How has ASDA helped you build your leadership skills?
As the chapter President at California Northstate University (CNU), ASDA has helped me develop more robust skills in managing a team, collaborating, networking, and most importantly for me, public speaking. Public speaking … read more

How has ASDA helped you build your leadership skills?
Being Vice President of the Stony Brook ASDA chapter, I have had amazing opportunities to work with many students throughout our school and across the nation. Planning ASDA’s Fever Week, I am able to help incoming D1s, introduce … read more

How has ASDA helped you build your leadership skills?
ASDA has helped me with time management, networking, public speaking, and critical thinking. I found it enriching to attend many chapter, district, and national events this past year. The District 2 Meeting introduced me … read more

Why do you want to be a dentist?
My interest in dentistry has developed from multiple events in my life. Through shadowing and personal experiences, I have seen firsthand how dentistry has the ability to improve the well-being of patients both physically and mentally. Additionally, … read more

How has ASDA helped you build your leadership skills?
As the current co-president of our chapter at NYU, it is hard to believe that I had no prior leadership experience in dentistry before joining ASDA. When I first joined ASDA two years ago, I organized my first few Lunch-and-Learns … read more

How has ASDA helped you build your leadership skills?
As an eager pre-dental student attending ASDA Pre-Dental Days at various dental schools I was inspired to become a leader in my undergrad organizations as well as immediately when I started dental school. To give back to … read more

How has ASDA helped you build your leadership skills?
In undergrad, I started my journey in ASDA, serving two terms as secretary of our executive board for our small unofficial ASDA chapter. At the time, I was so involved in some other extracurriculars and was an RA, so I wasn't … read more

Why do you want to be a dentist?
Since high school, I knew I wanted to do something in the medical field because of my interest in the sciences and my desire to help others. I have always been fascinated by the little details in how things work in the world around me. After … read more

How has ASDA helped you build your leadership skills?
Iron sharpens iron, and ASDA has allowed me to develop my leadership skills by building relationships and learning from other leaders across the nation.

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How has ASDA helped you build your leadership skills?
Through my time in dental school and ASDA, I have had the opportunity to explore the numerous possibilities for how I might combine my curiosity, compassion, and creativity with my knowledge and smile to best serve people … read more

How has ASDA helped you build your leadership skills?
As a D1 student, I applied for the UIC ASDA chapter’s D1 representative role after a friend suggested that I do so (shoutout Marty!). I did not know much about the organization, as we had just begun dental school. I applied … read more

Why do you want to be a dentist?
There are numerous motivations behind my desire to become a dentist. When I was a little girl, my family dentist mentioned that oral health was connected to our overall systemic health, and that maintaining it would help prevent a variety of … read more

How has ASDA helped you build your leadership skills?
As an ASDA leader at Tufts, my main role is to supervise and work closely with our 60-member cabinet which includes the Advocacy, Pre-dental Outreach and Mentorship, Service, Wellness, Gold Crown, Newsletter, Fundraising … read more

How has ASDA helped you build your leadership skills?
ASDA has helped me step out of my comfort zone and be more yielding to my team when appropriate. ASDA has helped me keep an open mind and give merit where merit is due. This helped me build my leadership skills because by … read more

How has ASDA helped you build your leadership skills?
ASDA helped me develop the ability to delegate tasks and work with large groups of people to accomplish a goal. Between planning events, conferences, fundraisers, and community service, ASDA has helped me become someone people … read more

Why do you want to be a dentist?
Pursuing a degree in dentistry as a first generation Latina college student would give me the ability to connect with my Latino community in a more impactful manner. I hope to diversify the field of medicine by setting an example for future generations. … read more

How has ASDA helped you build your leadership skills?
I started my journey with ASDA as a Predental Committee Member on the District 1 Cabinet the year before I started dental school. Through this opportunity, I met so many passionate dental students who were extremely motivated … read more