MEET OUR FOUNDERS

Nick is a PGY-1 pediatrics resident at Eastern Virginia Medical School's Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk, VA. In the summer of 2020, he co-founded the FuturePedsRes organization to assist pediatric residency applicants after cancelled in-person interviews, clinical electives, and away rotation offerings due to COVID-19. Since then, pediatric residency stakeholders have realized that FuturePedsRes fills a gap in recruitment which has led to growth of the organization. Within pediatrics, Nick is interested in neonatology, reforming medical education, and pediatric residency recruitment. Outside of medicine, he loves to cook and bake with his fiancé and tend to his (growing) tropical plant collection.

Mekala is a PGY-1 pediatrics resident at the University of Michigan who - although she is now a self-proclaimed Michigander - was born and brought up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is passionate about innovations in the MedEd space, art and literature in medicine, and bringing forth equity in pediatrics and beyond. In her spare time, she loves listening to a good audiobook, cooking with her partner, and video-chatting with her dog. She is one of the co-founders and executive directors of FuturePedsRes and is beyond excited to see what #PedsMatch22 brings.