MD | PhD Candidates
Daniela Molina Palacios | MD-PhD Candidate (G2)
Role: 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: Valencia, Venezuela
Loves: plants, reading, swimming
Specialty Interest: Neurology
LMSA is a piece of home away from home.
Elisa Bu Sha | MD-PhD Candidate (M1)
Role: 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: Plainsboro, NJ
Loves: Writing, dancing, going to the beach, and taking care of my many plants.
Specialty Interest: Oncology
I’m excited to connect with my community in LMSA.
Andre Armero | MD-PhD Candidate (G1)
Role: 2024-2025 Co-President, 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: Saint Petersburg, FL
Loves: Reading, writing, running, playing video games, and trying new restaurants/ cafes!
Specialty Interest: Dermatology
LMSA is an opportunity to reconnect, recharge, and reinvigorate!
Clase del 2029
Anaeli Caridad Sandoval | MD Candidate (M1)
Role: 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: Union City, New Jersey
Loves: Spending time with my husband and two kids. I love anything that has to do with fitness, nutrition, personal development, cooking, traveling, and spending time with friends.
Specialty Interest: As of right now, I don’t have a specific interest.
I’m excited to join LMSA and be part of mi gente latino in the Upper Valley.
Emilio Del Toro | MD Candidate (M1)
Role: 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Loves: Exploring the outdoors: Hiking, skiing, tenting. Playing and watching fútbol. Big fan of Club America en Mexico!
Specialty Interest: Surgery
Happy to engage in a Latino community that works to foster an inclusive environment!
Eduardo Villalobos | MD Candidate (M1)
Role: 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
Loves: Tennessee, Jalisco, my family, and Catholicism.
Specialty Interest: Surgery/Therapeutic Development
LSMA brings together advocates who support undocumented workers and recognize their vital contributions to our country.
Rachel Michel | MD Candidate (M1)
Role: 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: Ortonville, MI
Loves: Detroit Lions football, antiques, weightlifting,
Specialty Interest: OB/GYN
I am excited to connect with my Latino community here in the Upper Valley and form lifelong relationships!
Clase del 2028
Daniela Armella Tangarife | MD Candidate (M2)
Role: 2025-2026 Co-President
Hometown: Bogotá, Colombia
Loves: My Husky Luna, Triathlon, & Traveling! Mi familia, house music & reggaeton, y mi selección Colombia!
Specialty Interest: Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery & Pediatric Surgery
LMSA is my safe space; mi comunidad!
Alyssa Helmling | MD Candidate (M2)
Role: 2025-2026 Co-President
Hometown: El Paso, TX
Loves: Dancing, swimming, hiking and painting
Specialty Interest: Family Medicine, OB/GYN or Pediatrics
LMSA is very special to me because it’s a space for community and advocacy in a time where we have to support one another and help each other to succeed.
María Báez Vientós | MD Candidate (M2)
Role: 2025-2026 Co-Lead
Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Loves: My dog, my family, El Gran Combo!
Specialty Interest: Internal Medicine
LMSA is a community where people always show up for each other, and I’m truly grateful to be a part of it.
Valerie Barreto | MD Candidate (M2)
Role: 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: Bogotá, Colombia
Loves: Reading, running/swimming, and mi selección Colombia!
Specialty Interest: OBGYN and Pediatrics
LMSA offers a meaningful space for Latinxs in medicine to build community, celebrate our diverse backgrounds, and uplift one another in a field and academic environment where we’ve long been underrepresented.
Valentina Fernández | MD Candidate (M2)
Role: 2025-2026 Co-Lead
Hometown: Dorado, Puerto Rico
Loves: My family, cooking + baking, running, sleeping!
Specialty Interest: Surgery
I love LMSA because it is a piece of home in the Upper Valley, and a community of brilliant Latinos doing amazing things in medicine!
Nikolas G. Hernandez | MD Candidate (M2)
Role: 2025-2026 Co-Lead
Hometown: Miami, FL
Loves: Reading Romantasy books, Harry Potter, reality TV, music!
Specialty Interest: Dermatology
LMSA, for me, means connection - it bridges where I come from and where I’m going in medicine.
Mia Jimenez | MD Candidate (M2)
Role: 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: Miami, FL
Loves: Traveling, concerts, and spending time with friends and family
Specialty Interest: Pediatrics and OB/GYN
LMSA is a space where we celebrate our culture, support each other through the challenges of medicine, and connect with and care for our communities.
Jeimmy Rodriguez Little | MD Candidate (M2)
Role: 2025-2026 Co-Lead
Hometown: San Salvador, El Salvador
Loves: Hiking, cooking, swimming, going for walks, drinking delicious coffee.
Specialty Interest: IM-Peds, Family Med
LMSA reminds me that I’m not alone on this journey—that my culture, language, and lived experiences have a place in medicine. It gives me a community that inspires me and challenges me to keep going, knowing I’m part of something bigger than myself.
Jonathan Martinez Rivera | MD Candidate (M2)
Role: 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Loves: Piano, classical music, hiking, reading, and baking.
Specialty Interest: Cardiac Surgery
LMSA is home away from home at Dartmouth.
Ana Rivadeneira| MD Candidate (M2)
Role: 2025-2026 Co-Lead
Hometown: Woodstock, GA
Loves: My family, pets, and baking
Specialty Interest: Ophthalmology and GI
LMSA is a supportive community that empowers those from similar backgrounds to grow and succeed in medicine!
Clase del 2027
Brizha Knowles | MD Candidate (M3)
Role: 2023-2024 Treasurer, 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: Honolulu, HI
Loves: Painting, guitar, volleyball, video editing, movies
Specialty Interest: Neurosurgery
LSMA has been mi familia away from home here in the upper valley. Many of my favorite memories in medical school have been alongside LMSA.
Shantel Sosa | MD Candidate (M3)
Role: 2024-2025 Co-President, 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: Bronx, NY
Loves: Volleyball, hiking, cooking, Dominican food
Specialty Interest: Surgery, academic medicine, and community-based care
What I enjoy about LMSA: Fostering a sense of community and feeling at home in the Upper Valley.
Isabel Lobón | MD Candidate (M3)
Role: 2024-2025 Co-President, 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: Brookline, MA
Loves: Anything outdoors! I’m a big hiker, climber, biker, and skier and escaping into the woods in NH/VT is where you will find me if I’m not on campus.
Specialty Interest: Emergency medicine, trauma, Fetal-Maternal-Medicine (high risk OB), rural medicine
What I enjoy about LMSA: A space to chismear and let loose with each other and not have to worry about what others will say.
Gustavo Antezana Quintela | MD Candidate (M3)
Role: 2024-2025 Co-President, 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Loves: Backpacking and traveling, Music composition, Salsa and Bachata
Specialty Interest: Not sure yet!
What I enjoy about LMSA: The people are the best part of LMSA, it's great to have this community in the Upper Valley.
Mateo Leopold Amezcua | MD Candidate (M3)
Role: 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: New York City, NY
Loves: going to concerts, cooking, and any sort of water-related activity
Specialty Interest: General Surgery / ENT
What I enjoy about LMSA: Great people and community - lucky to have them here in the UV
Clase del 2026
Bryan Chavez | MD Candidate (M4)
Role: 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: Moreno Valley, CA
Loves: Weightlifting, Hip-Hop music, spending time with my family!
Specialty Interest: Radiology, PM&R
LMSA is a space to build community and connect with other Latino medical students!
Paulita Lara Mejia | MD Candidate (M4/5)
Role: 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: Quito, Ecuador
Loves: Dancing, Bad Bunny, hiking, birding, dinner parties, adventures
Specialty Interest: PM&R
LMSA is where people from different class years can come together and build connections beyond mentorship; it’s truly a family that comes together to cook, eat, dance, chismear, and support each other on this journey!
Julia Byrd | MD Candidate (M4)
Role: Prior Social Media Chair, 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: Memphis, TN
Loves: Running, dogs, painting
Specialty Interest: General Surgery (Trauma Surgery)
LMSA gives me the opportunity to connect to those with similar backgrounds both locally and nationally and form lifelong friendships.
Stefano Rozental | MD Candidate (M4)
Role: Prior Vice-President, Prior Cafecito/Cafezinho Lead, 2025-2026 Member
Hometown: Westchester, NY
Loves: Soccer, hiking, playing guitar, cooking, spending time with family
Specialty Interest: Child Neurology
LMSA represents sacrifice, shared experience, a loving community and a ton of delicious food