Dr. Lagreca is the Director of Faculty Education, at Tufts School of Dental Medicine where she leads faculty onboarding, training, and development efforts by the Office of Academic Affairs. Additionally, she is the co-director of the Dental Education Learning and Teaching Academy (DELTA) Fellowship and Mini-residency at TUSDM, and Founding Director of The International Dentist® Bootcamp, a program recognized by the Provost Office Mini-Grants for Global Engagement. She is also the host of The International Dentist Podcast. In this episode, Dr. Lagreca discusses how she overcame challenges as an international dentist in the U.S. and is now mentoring others coming after her while educating our future dentists and prosthodontic specialists.
Beyond the Smile (Huddle) is a podcast of the nonprofit, Diversity In Dentistry Mentorships, Inc., where we bring together our Mentees with successful dentists of color to get the winning game plan & be encouraged and inspired by their stories of leadership, perseverance, and resilience!
We talk about:
How to prepare and succeed in dental school
Financing dental school your career goals
Leadership Development
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Business & Entrepreneurship
Boundaries & Work-Life harmony
Our goal is to build a diverse, equitable pool of candidates for dental school and help our mentees to succeed in dental school and beyond!
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Music:
Instrumentals performed by: Orville "Butch" Diggs
Published by: Independent Music
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