California Health Professional Student Alliance (CaHPSA) is the student section of California Physicians Alliance (CaPA). CaHPSA aims to cultivate leadership and advocacy skills among health professional students so they can effect change in the healthcare system, primarily through grassroots efforts, education, and community outreach, in support of comprehensive, high-quality, accessible, guaranteed, and affordable health care for all Californians.
CaHPSA Member Spotlight
Here we highlight members who have a strong record of involvement and commitment to CaHPSA’s mission. Our members include undergraduates, graduate students, medical students, post-baccalaureates, and recent college graduates.
Sinjin Swartz | Vice President External 2016-17, CaHPSA at UCSD
I first learned about CaHPSA and its mission while attending the annual UC Davis Pre-Health Conference in 2014. The Executive Director of California Physicians Alliance (CaPA), Dr. Bill Skeen, led a workshop there to discuss the different forms of health insurance coverage that exist in America.
As a low-income, minority, single-parent household, first-generation college student, this topic hit close to home. I knew then that I would get involved in efforts to increase healthcare access for the underserved, uninsured, and disadvantaged in California.
"CaHPSA is a program that allows me to heal and help others without the need of a medical degree. CaHPSA has allowed me to be a voice for others and contribute in a positive way to one’s health concerns, in hopes, that patients everywhere will be able to receive the treatment they deserve through the efficiency of a Single-Payer system."
Manuel Ortega
UC Merced
"CaHPSA is the perfect fusion of political science, public health, and healthcare advocacy. It provides the environment necessary for me, an undergrad, to advocate for the human right of healthcare. Through Project White Coat, I will be able to educate and assist the vulnerable communities within San Diego by registering them for healthcare insurance. "
Nathaly Gonzalez
UC San Diego
"Project White Coat has shown me the immense need for improved access to healthcare and has empowered me with the training and skills necessary to address this need."
Jason Xu
UCLA
"CaHPSA provides a voice to students in California by fostering a pragmatic, inclusive and collaborative platform for advocating and educating in order to achieve Health Equity for all."
Matthew Musselman, DO, MPH Candidate
Touro University
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