p h i l a m e d s o c .o rg It was Martinez's dedication and tenacity that encouraged VidalPhelan to learn more about the health care industry, leading her to return to graduate school and complete her health care-focused MBA. Vidal-Phelan will always realize that her path has been forged by hard work and intense sacrifice, yes, but it was a path well-lit by those who had gone before her. Vidal-Phelan's mentors and sponsors will never be forgotten for their kindness and gifts of guidance that can only be repaid by passing on what she has received to the physicians and health care workforce of the future. The journeys of Ortiz-Torrent and Vidal-Phelan may have been filled with distinctive challenges and struggles, but they are both highlighted by the amazing dedication of multiple mentors and sponsors that recognized their immense potential and encouraged them to continue growing. Both Ortiz-Torrent and Vidal-Phelan are witnesses to the importance of diversity and inclusion to improving the field of medicine, both as a sustainable career path and in its ability to provide culturally competent care to increasingly diverse patient populations. Ortiz-Torrent and Vidal-Phelan are taking on the critical responsibility to encourage and mentor the next generation of physicians. What steps are you taking to improve the overall "health" of our health care system? * Dr. Natalia Ortiz-Torrent is associate professor of psychiatry, chief of consultation and liaison psychiatry and medical director of the Psychosomatic Medicine Clinic at Temple University School of Medicine and Hospital. She is the president of the Society of Ibero Latin American Medical Society and president of the Philadelphia Medical Society Dr. Johanna Vidal-Phelan is a practicing pediatrician at Hamilton Health Center, a federally qualified health center in Harrisburg, and senior medical director in pediatrics at UPMC Health Plan. www.aamc.org/news-insights/aamc-launches-new-initiativeaddress-and-eliminate-gender-inequities 1 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25629948 2 www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/09/18/ how-the-u-s-hispanic-population-is-changing/ 3 https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/fulltext/2015/07000/ Latino_Physicians_in_the_United_States,_1980_2010_.20.aspx 4 www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/09/18/ how-the-u-s-hispanic-population-is-changing/ 5 www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/fact-sheet/ latinos-in-the-2016-election-pennsylvania/ 6 Fall 2020 : Philadelphia Medicine 25https://philamedsoc.org/ http://lowerbuckshosp.com