Motivation from his second-year peers Ryan Nash and Joshua Stephens, as well as the rest of his supporters known as the KPCOM Dream Team by Ali, led to filing EIH to become an HPD-wide interest group that catered to all health professions in October 2019. It was those meaningful connections Ali made during his first year at the KPCOM that gave him the motivation to make EIH happen. “What I took away from my time at the CCF was that being able to form connections with people, as well as genuine and authentic relationships, was key to creating not only an opportunity for yourself, but more importantly, for leading a fulfilled and happy life,” Ali said. Ali’s time at the Cleveland Clinic Florida (CCF) in Weston, where he worked for several years, provided him with mentorship opportunities, as well as a humbling experience that comes with being surrounded by many medical leaders and their styles, which would later become a part of EIH. We are all dream chasing to some extent.” From Idea to Implementation Because Ali was determined to seek out unique experiences that could enhance his perspective outside of medicine, the idea for what would later become EIH was already in his mind when he entered the KPCOM. After all, at the end of the day, we are trying to make something greater from what was lesser. The entrepreneurial spirit is not grounded in product development, Silicon Valley, and Forbes -it is in the fabric of every part of life. “Whether you’re in medical school, or in other colleges at the HPD, learning to create your own opportunities, while also empowering others, is an import- ant skill. NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY | 37 student body at the HPD,” Ali explained.

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