Laura Barrera was inspired to join the Air Force by her two brothers who both served in the military. After serving several years as an enlisted medic herself, Barrera felt she had been impactful, but she felt her scope of practice was limited and she had a different calling: she wanted to be a doctor.
Barrera discovered that the Uniformed Services University’s Enlisted to Medical School Preparatory Program, or EMDP2, offered her that opportunity.