Sophia Nguyen - The Midwestern University Medical Student Shares her Sorority experience, life with a Pet Chicken and the importance of her Vietnamese Heritage (#005)

Hey there friends! This is Michael Le. Thanks for tuning into
another episode of Pass the Mike where I have the pleasure of
sharing the narratives of imminent or current medical
professionals. In short, my job is to build you a community of
mentors from the folks that have come before you. I couldn't be
more happy to kick this podcast off with my dear friend, Sophia
Nguyen. That's S-O-P-H-I-A N-G-U-Y-E-N. Sophia graduated in 2019
from UCLA with a degree in the Physiological Sciences. Next year,
us Californians are going to mourn her transition to Midwestern
University in Arizona. As an important aside, Sophia has long
renounced her birth certificate name for So Phi Phi and will
respond to nothing else.


If you can't find her on stage performing for the annual
Vietnamese Culture Night, you may find her in a dashing Yellow
Polo supporting UCLA Health patients or you might find So Phi Phi
serving as a bouncer—letting patients 150 - 175 only into the
health fair venue. If you've tried both of those, you might find
her screaming volunteers' names asking them to sign a waiver or
with her Theta sisters doing some hooligan shtuff or with her
brothers and Bok Bok back at home. If all else fails, she is
guaranteed to be snacking on popcorn in the corner of the room,
dancing to herself. I'll make sure we get these stories out of So
Phi Phi because I think she personally is the epitome of
work-life balance. I can't think of a person better to exemplify
to any and all premeds that you CAN get into medical school AND
have a whole lot of fun doing it. You can have your cake AND eat
it too, both of which Sophia is guilty of.


You can find Sophia if you want to say hello, ask a question or
need an organic egg him on sophianguyen97@gmail.com, that's
S-O-P-H-I-A-N-G-U-Y-E-N-9-7-AT-G-M-A-I-L-DOT-C-O-M. She's very
shy but I'm personally grateful to carve out some time to have a
nice conversation with her because she's jam-packed with
personality today. Sophia, welcome to the show.