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Victor Cisneros was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico but was raised in Anaheim, California. He graduated from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona were he received his B.S. in Biotechnology and a minor in Chemistry. He obtained his medical degree (MD), masters of public health (MPH), and later board certification in public health (CPH) at UC Irvine School of Medicine. He was part of the Program In Medical Education for the Latino Community (PRIME-LC), a dual degree program that focuses on increasing physician-leaders who are culturally sensitive and linguistically competent to address the specific needs of California’s Latinos. After medical school, he completed his emergency medicine residency training at UC Irvine Medical Center, where he was one of the chief residents. During residency, he served as At-Large Director/Board member for American Academy of Emergency Medicine /Resident Student Association and liaison to the Diversity and Inclusion Committee and International Subcommittee. Currently, he serves as the vice-chair for the social emergency medicine Emergency Medicine Resident Association committee and is completing a research fellowship in Population Health and Social Emergency Medicine at UC Irvine Health-Department of Emergency Medicine, where he continues his passion for teaching, mentoring and interest community/ public health. Sessions