Zach Cutter is a 27 year old rising M3 awaiting entry into clinical rotations at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (MD). The son of two hard working primary care doctors (sports medicine and pediatrician), he grew up in suburban central Virginia and graduated from undergrad at James Madison University in 2014 where he majored in Kinesiology and played Club Baseball. After he was unable to obtain a single interview out of college during my first application cycle, he did a little soul-searching. For the next two years he worked two jobs, one as an EMT-B in the city of Richmond, VA and the other as a medical scribe in two Emergency Departments. He fell in love with being there when people needed help the most, working as a part of a team, and with medicine as a whole. He knew his academic transcript needed work, so he did a post-bacc at VCU for a year, then did a second year there in a basic science cardiovascular research lab to complete my Master's of Physiology. Zach's experiences have allowed him to flourish in medical school thus far and hopefully build perspective and a foundation for a career in medicine and he is happy to give back to those beginning their own journey.