Alyssa Schledwitz is an MD candidate at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed her Bachelor's at the University of Maryland College Park, where she was involved in student mental health policy transformation and English as a Second Language instruction. Alyssa is passionate about medical education and mentoring, and tutors both pre-med and medical students. In her free time, she enjoys gardening, spending time with her friends and her cat, and learning how to make mead.