Vanderbilt student activism to expand healthcare accessibility in Egypt

Coming into Vanderbilt as a first year, I have been bombarded with a myriad of amazing opportunities, experiences and work happening every day on campus. Everywhere you go, you can expect to find a fellow Commodore grinding out a remarkable passion-driven pursuit bound to be meaningfully impactful. The Middle Eastern Virtual Clinic, founded by Vanderbilt junior Elijah Boktor in his sophomore year of high school, certainly fits these parameters. MEVC is an international nonprofit dedicated to providing free, accessible healthcare services to children and families without medical access in Egypt. Now a full-time college student studying Medicine, Health and Society and biological sciences, Boktor has proven himself more than capable of balancing his college commitments, on top of remotely running his organization in a totally different time zone.