Nearly 500 health care professionals volunteer to help Holden inspire and mentor thousands of young people to realize dreams of health careers. "I feel so fortunate to do what I do." said Holden. "Emergency medicine is a very special place to work, but I really love helping young people realize the same dream of a very rewarding and important profession-medicine."

Anthony A. Clarke said that he was a "Mentoring in Medicine success story." Last year, Clarke completed applications to 16 medical schools. After careful consideration, he decided to enroll in the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where the Mentoring in Medicine program is based. "Dr. Holden believes in the idea of reducing health care disparities and improving health literacy by changing the health care workforce. Mentoring in Medicine is constantly going into schools, churches and community centers to share information with people," Clarke said.

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