Hey there friends! This is Nicolas Cevallos. Thanks for tuning into yet another episode of Pass the Mike where I have the pleasure of sharing the narratives of imminent or current medical professionals. In short, my job is to build you a community of mentors from the folks that have come before you. I'm super stoked to be able to start this podcast with one of my great friends and research Gurus Humza Khan. That is H-U-M-Z-A SPACE K-H-A-N. Humza is a rising senior at UCLA pursuing a degree in what is the longest named major known at UCLA which is Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics and will be graduating two quarters early. He's not one to shy away from taking 20+ units.

Humza and I met during our hospital program and during our first meeting I knew there was so much potential to him, he felt like the student version of the avatar and just needed to take time to master the 4 elements or college scene before he went super saiyan.

During his tenure he served as alumni mentor for his high school, leadership board for the Bruin Xperiment which mentors 30+ underserved children one-on-one in scientific topics of their interests, he was able to raise over $10,000 for the club! and pours countless into his craft researching Common Variable Immunodeficiency and has been published in Frontiers in Immunology.

Can't forget to mention Humza speak many languages including R, python Spanish, C++ also has 3,000 karma points on reddit and has recently posted a major guide to assist other fellow bruins.

Humza's passionate for mentorship is bar none, from the Xperiment, to high school, to fellow anonymous classmates on reddit, Humza is always looking out.

You can find Humza if you want to say hello, ask him how to accrue reddit karma at humza340@gmail.com I'm super excited to have you on the show. Humza, welcome.