This Is Me: King

It was very difficult for me to get connected to care because it wasn’t covered under my parents’ insurance. So, my doctors actually had to take me on as a research study. That was the first time I saw how social determinants of health and health inequality can lead to health disparities. A diagnosis is not just a diagnosis—there’s a story behind it. I envision a healthcare system, and medicine, to be a world where we’re seen as human beings first. To have the potential to be who you want to be is the most empowering thing in the world.