Why Pediatrics
The way that they still smile
After fighting the biggest, scariest dragon
I am forever young at heart.
Originally from Toronto, Canada, Marthena Phan is a medical student at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine in Miami set to graduate with her MD in 2026 and pursuing a career in child neurology. Since starting her fourth and last year of medical school, Marthena now has significantly more free time to engage in her first and true passion: writing.