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# Scholarship Winners Ready to Shape a New Era of Medicine

Five first-year Drew University medical students earn full-tuition scholarships and mentorship from Sutter Health as they begin shaping medicine's future.

July 10, 2024 by Liz Madison

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[Derrick Agbemenu](https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/former-healthcare-skeptic-now-set-to-become-a-doctor/), [Eric Arauza](https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/doctor-in-training-sheds-fate-creates-his-own-destiny/), [Priscilla Covarrubias](https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/doctor-to-be-strives-to-support-spanish-speaking-community/), [Naomi Dillard](https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/future-physician-finds-her-fit-in-medical-school/) and [Anaissa Medina](https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/grandparents-struggles-inspire-future-physician/) are names you may not be familiar with now. However, these first-year medical students are ready to leave their mark and change healthcare for the better.

Learn more about their personal journeys, which have led them to the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science where they have earned [full-tuition scholarships](https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/sutter-health-and-charles-r-drew-university-announce-first-student-scholarship-cohort-under-new-partnership), academic support and experiential learning opportunities courtesy of Sutter Health.

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