Lessons from a farm carry over to a nontraditional path to medical school

07/17/2026Lessons from a farm carry over to a nontraditional path to medical school

Jeff Brown, a graduate student at UNT Health Fort Worth, credits three years of seasonal farm work and overcoming hardship with shaping his path to medicine. Now preparing for medical school, he encourages others to pursue nontraditional paths with persistence.

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College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences