Alejandro Chavez PB'19
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
B.S. in Computer Science
Alejandro grew up in Simi Valley, California, and as a student at Stanford, he focused on computer science both inside and outside the classroom.
Alejandro’s interest in medicine was sparked after college, when he took a job as a software engineer supporting a Guatemalan community health program sponsored by Stanford University School of Medicine and the Central American Healthcare Initiative. He was in this role for four years, working closely with a local doctor and community health workers to provide improved healthcare to rural residents through technology; his main role was to design applications that help community health workers implement nutritional monitoring of young children.
During his year at Bryn Mawr, Alejandro volunteered with the free clinic Community Volunteers in Medicine, serving as a Spanish-language interpreter and providing technological assistance as needed. He also organized a Skype session with the physician and community health workers he had worked with in Guatemala as part of our “Global Health” Health Interest Programming. Outside of class and volunteering, Alejandro enjoyed making use of the outstanding campus fitness facilities, including participating in weekly pick-up basketball games with classmates and faculty. In his glide year, he returned to Guatemala to provide continued support to the community he had become a part of prior to doing his postbac studies.