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Lilia Cervantes Highlight
Know that once you make a decision, it’s okay to change.
About Lilia
- I grew up in Denver, Colorado, in the Valverde and Westwood villages.
- I would see the Denver Health Medical Center hospital while walking to school as a child and felt drawn to become a physician myself.
- I went to the University of Colorado to pursue medicine.
- While in college, I looked for opportunities to get hands-on experience in the healthcare field—I found clinical shadowing opportunities and became a certified nurse assistant.
- I completed my bachelor’s degree, medical degree, and internal medicine residency in Colorado.
- I spent 14 years building my career as a hospitalist at Denver Health Medical Center.
- In addition, I’m a health disparities researcher, I do advocacy and healthcare policy work, and I work to increase diversity in the healthcare workforce.