Natalia Zamora, a 24-year-old immigrant aspiring to be a doctor, has received a full scholarship to Stanford Medicine. Her challenges with a chronic health condition and feeling overlooked by the medical system fuel her passion for healthcare. Recent congressional changes, including caps on graduate loans, will limit funding for studies in licensed professions. This could hinder low-income individuals from pursuing medicine, as medical education costs rise annually. Zamora warns that reduced financial assistance may result in decreased diversity within the medical field and affect representation from communities of color.
Medical school is so expensive. You can't just cut down the costs. A big portion of it is the tuition, which the schools set, and it increases every year. Every year rent increases. Food is getting more expensive.
Without federal loans to cover the full costs, students will have to take out private loans, which can have higher interest rates. This could thwart people of color from entering these professions, causing less representation in Latino, Black and Asian communities.
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