Caring Forward

[MUSIC] The healthcare industry is imperfect, and I'm hoping I can make it better for the people in my community. [MUSIC] &gt;&gt; I hope to be one of the people that really help flourish this field into something that will really help people. &gt;&gt; I just want to find something that I truly love. [MUSIC] &gt;&gt; So we're going to be traveling across California. &gt;&gt; From San Diego to our state capitol, Sacramento. &gt;&gt; Interviewing people who are changing the game in healthcare, and along the way, we're going to have a bunch of amazing adventures. [MUSIC] &gt;&gt; I'm excited to go talk to people and learn a little bit more of what they're doing to help the medical field advance. &gt;&gt; The possibility is basically the limit of your imagination. &gt;&gt; This is great. &gt;&gt; Being on road trip makes it possible for you to get to know people at a different level. [MUSIC] &gt;&gt; You're what 20? &gt;&gt; Yeah, we're all 20. &gt;&gt; My goodness, I wasn't nearly where you were at 20. &gt;&gt; They asked me, what do you want to to become when you grow up? And of course I wrote, I want to become a doctor. &gt;&gt; After college, I'm not sure, I just want to make the world a better place. &gt;&gt; The artificial pressure to find and hone in on a single passion is at best unfair and at worst oppressive. &gt;&gt; Being diagnosed with a cancer is not what you would expect when you're just getting started learning about who you are. Instead of being in my dorm room, I ended up being in hospital rooms, being introduced to the health care system. &gt;&gt; I feel like there's a lot of pressure because, a lot of the times the healthcare system will fail people. &gt;&gt; [FOREIGN] &gt;&gt; We need people that are inquisitive, that can ask questions, and that can be super creative. &gt;&gt; From the bottom of my heart, I want to help the people here. &gt;&gt; I want to use my full self to be the bridge between the healthcare field and these inequities that exist. [MUSIC] &gt;&gt; Healthcare, it takes a village. [MUSIC] 

Three young people eager to transform the California healthcare landscape set out to explore what it means to care for people in their hour of greatest need.

Caring Forward Trailer

Follow three young Californians as they travel throughout the Golden State to meet people shaping the healthcare industry's inclusive future and redefining what it means to work in the field.

Meet the people working to make the California healthcare system as inclusive, holistic, and accessible as possible. Explore all the roles and pathways revealed once you widen the lens of what health care can be.

Roadtrippers Ryan, Alma, and Samuel pose in front of a fountain

Photo of John Matsui, director of UC Berkeley's Biology Scholars Program, taking a selfie with the roadtrippers

Photo of Margaret Laws, CEO of Hopelab, being interviewed by the roadtrippers

Headshot of Danielle Ramo, Hopelab's senior director of research

Photo of OhmniLabs, Inc. COO Tra Vu posing with the roadtrippers outside the green RV

Photo of OhmniLabs COO Tra Vu giving the roadtrippers a tour of the facility

Photo of the roadtrippers—Ryan, Alma, and Samuel—posing in front of a mountain range

Photo of the roadtrippers exploring City of Hope with student and patient Olivia

Photo of clinical neuropsychologist Natalie Kelly posing with a student named Olivia and the three roadtrippers

Headshot of Natalie Kelly, a clinical neuropsychologist at City of Hope

Photo of Tien Vo, CEO of Vo Medical Center, taking a selfie with the roadtrippers outside the green RV

Photo of Leane Marchese, CEO of Life Science Cares San Diego, taking a selfie with the roadtrippers

Photo of San Ysidro Health VP Ana Melgoza posing in the foreground for a picture as the roadtrippers stand in the background

Photo of San Ysidro Health VP Ana Melgoza being interviewed by the roadtrippers on a small set.

Meet who's building the future of healthcare

Movie poster with the text "Roadtrip Nation: Caring Forward"

Photo of the roadtripper Alma with shadows

Headshot of the roadtripper Samuel standing outside the green RV

Photo of the roadtripper Ryan staring out at the ocean