Kate Wallerius: "My White Coat Means"

MY WHITE COAT MEANS THAT MY EDUCATION BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE I WILL SERVE

Father Fitzgibbons, President of Regis University, once told me that as graduates of a Jesuit university, the diploma we receive does not actually belong to us. Certainly we have earned it, but the degree we're awarded and the skills and knowledge we've acquired truly belongs to those who we will serve with it. The education we have received belongs to the lives that we will touch, the people we will impact. I have kept this design in my heart and I vow to take the amazing gift of my education to lead positive change in the world around me.

-Kate Wallerius, MD Candidate, Class of 2020