A national organization looking to diversify and increase the number of African American male doctors in the medical field on Monday promoted its goals with an event in the Bay Area.
focuses on exposing young black boys through mentorship and exposure to doctors who look like them. On Monday, the group held a youth summit at Merritt College.
One of the students in the group is a middle schooler, Zim Jackson, a 4.0 student who said becoming a doctor wasn't on his radar until now. Each student participant spent the day donning their own white coats and learning from Bay Area medical professionals like Dr. Michael Green, a local oncologist.
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