(John) Phat Mai is one of the 2020-2021 APIA Cypress College Scholarship Recipients. John began studying in this country in 10th grade and is the first one in his family to attend college in the United States. His ultimate goal is to become a medical doctor and bring change to underserved multicultural communities. With this in mind, John has been an avid volunteer in the medical field accumulating over 200 hours of service with Maxcare. During the pandemic, he volunteered at a Maxcare affiliate company, the 360 clinic, where he assisted with the administration of COVID tests throughout Orange and LA counties by setting up equipment for frontline workers and communicating with people about their appointments. As a COPE Health Scholar, John was able to gain hands-on experience assisting nurses and patients at Kaiser Permanente Anaheim.
John was active at Cypress College as president of the International Club and part of the STEM program. Through these activities, he developed skills that led his recommender to list his strengthens as leadership, organization, professionalism, adaptability, empathy and cultural competence. As a well-rounded individual, John demonstrated his artistic side by playing classical guitar during weekly virtual fundraising events in the summer of 2020. John is majoring in Biology and hopes to transfer to UCLA to earn a degree in microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics.
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