Emily Rodriguez is a third-year medical student at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She hopes to pursue a career in adult cardiothoracic surgery and her research interests include analyzing patient safety metrics, populations-based outcomes and disparities analyses, perioperative care, and quality improvement. She is dually interested in novel cardiac surgical innovations and tracing historical precedents. Emily currently serves as the Director for the Latino Medical Student Association – Northeast, is a founding member of Latinos in Cardiothoracic Surgery, and she is a member of the Thoracic Surgery Medical Students Association, Women in Thoracic Surgery, Latino Surgical Society, and American Osler Society.