About us
MedRise Mentors is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to empowering high school and college students as they navigate the competitive path into healthcare. We deliver engaging presentations, offer individualized mentorship, and provide clear, actionable guidance — helping students build the skills and applications they need to stand out.
Our mission
Becoming a physician demands an extraordinary level of commitment in one of the most competitive fields there is. Without family in medicine or established connections, many students are left stitching together fragmented advice — often encountering conflicting information and unnecessary barriers along the way.
That's why MedRise Mentors exists. We've built a community of dedicated medical students and gap-year premeds who share one goal: to give the next generation the mentorship, resources, and guidance we wish we'd had — and to make the journey more collaborative, more accessible, and more equitable.
Financial barriers should never stand in the way of guidance.
Our story
Long before there was an organization, our founder was driving to high schools and universities across Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Tennessee — teaching students how to become competitive applicants, and mentoring them for free.
What began as one student's mission became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, built on the belief that no one should navigate the path to medicine alone.
48 medical-student mentors, active chapters at Rhodes College, UT Knoxville, Pikeville, and the University of Memphis, and students reached across 9 states — all at no cost.
Our presentation outcomes are being formalized into a pilot study for peer-reviewed publication, as we expand chapters and reach more students.
Executive team
Medical and premedical students who know this path firsthand — because they're still on it.
A third-year, first-generation medical student who spent four and a half years presenting at high schools and universities across Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Tennessee and mentoring premeds for free. Seeing how great the need for guidance truly is led him to found MedRise Mentors on a simple belief: no student should navigate the path to medicine alone.
Born in Calgary and rooted in Memphis since middle school. As a first-generation student, he found the road to medicine overwhelming without clear guidance — and helped found MedRise Mentors so that mentorship is accessible to everyone and financial barriers never stand in the way.
Raised in Northern Illinois, he navigated the premed process by trial and error without connections in medicine. The mentors who changed his trajectory inspired him to help found MedRise Mentors and pay that guidance forward to the next generation of physicians.
A first-generation medical student from Knoxville who believes everyone needs someone walking ahead of them, beside them, and behind them. MedRise Mentors exists to be that guide — replacing fragmented forum advice with real, longitudinal support.
A first-generation college student from Northern Kentucky who graduated Summa Cum Laude. Having felt firsthand how vital mentors are on the medical-school journey, she helps students navigate the path with that same guidance and support.
A first-generation college and medical student from Nashville who leaned on mentors through every application. He brings a photography and videography background to MedRise Mentors, expanding the organization's reach to premed students nationwide.
Outreach mentor coordinators
Established the MedRise Mentors mentorship program at Rhodes College. Outreach Mentor Coordinators go above and beyond — organizing mentorship experiences, leading presentations, and building initiatives that expand our reach to more premedical students.
Join as a mentor, apply for mentorship, or bring MedRise Mentors to your school.