Motivation Letter Dear IFMSA, This is my pledge to you, a pledge for equality within our Federation. When I joined DENEM in 2013 I had in my mind a concept of a federation that wasn’t exactly what I work with today. I thought IFMSA was unreachable and utopic because in my head it was a space not made for me, a misfit. And as a misfit I thought my ideas were not enough to blend into medicine, one of the most conservative categories worldwide. But over the years I have convinced myself that generation 2030 (which is us) is full of misfits like me but we tend to mask ourselves and hide from either reality or fear. Somehow misfits have remained unheard beyond their existence and attempts to become visible as well as target of various social determinants we always preach about in IFMSA spaces. So this is a pledge to use our differences in our favor and embrace tolerance within each other. It is in differences we find change and new ideas. I pledge for a political will for giving conditions in which NMOs can prosper. The motivation that drives IFMSA together and the sparkle in our eyes when we meet in every meeting, every training and every on line meeting. Being president to me is also being an advocate. Not only because it’s a leadership role but also because I think we can together find new ideas within our variances. I want to make IFMSA an empowering stage for women, a sea of comprehensive and reachable opportunities, a dream any medical student worldwide can achieve even belonging to any social minority and my efforts will always be aligned to these goals. To do so, we must toss all our barriers to the floor and look at each other sincerely. Let’s believe that we can change together. That we can be misfits and being so we are great and we can revolution the world. That the time is now and the place is here. That across the oceans we can reach higher. In the end we will look to each other again and smile, because we did it. We were different but even with these differences we call ourselves brothers and sisters. So IFMSA Would you like to take this pledge with me? Warmest Hugs from Brazil, Carlos
IFMSA Priorities
Carlos Acosta CV
Address: Avenida Venâncio Aires 855, Bom Fim, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil Phone (+55) 5198554123 E-mail: charlieaacosta@gmail.com
Age 22 Date of Birth April 05, 1994
EXPERIENCE
IFMSA SCORA Director 2016- present
SKILLS
Active Listener
Soft Skill Trained
Leadership
SCORA Regional Assistant for the Americas— IFMSA 2015 - 2016
LANGUAGES
National Officer on Sexual and Reproductive Health including HIV/AIDS (Coordination of External Relations) — DENEM-Brazil
Castillian: Mother Language English: Advanced Reading, Writing, Speaking
2014- PRESENT
Local Officer on Sexual and Reproductive Health including HIV/AIDS — LC Porto Alegre- DENEM
Portuguese: Advanced Reading, Writing, Speaking French: Intermediate Reading Writing, Speaking
2013- 2014
Local Exchange Officer - Incomings — LC Porto Alegre- DENEM 2013- PRESENT
Local Committee President— LC Porto Alegre- DENEM May 2014- May 2015
Regional Coordinator— First Southern Region- DENEM 2015
Support Division on Health Education— RA COES- DENEM 2013
EDUCATION
Medical Doctor Degree, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre — Porto Alegre, Brazil
German: Beginner Reading, Writing Speaking
2013 - PRESENT
High School, Colegio San Carlos — Bogotá, Colombia 2009 - 2012
Elementary School, Colegio Nueva Granada — Bogotá, Colombia 2006-2009
RELEVANT MEETINGS AND TRAININGS ATTENDED
2017 EMR Regional Meeting 2017 (Lebanon): January Ipas Workshop (Pre- EMR RM Lebanon): January
2016
TOM2 2016 (Croatia): December Ipas Workshop (Pre- ARM 2016 Burkina Faso): December African Regional Meeting 2016 (Burkina Faso): December WONCA World Conference 2016 (Rio de Janeiro): November TOM1 2016 (The Netherlands): October IFMSA General Assembly: August Meeting (Mexico): August Latin American Cooperation on Maternal Health and Access to Safe Abortion (LACMA) : July IFMSA General Assembly: March Meeting (Malta): March Ipas Workshop (Pre- March Meeting Malta): March National Peer Education Training (Catalonia): February America’s Regional Meeting 2016 (Uruguay): January Ipas Workshop (Pre- Regional Meeting Uruguay): January SCORA IT Meeting (Egypt): January
2015
IFMSA General Assembly: August Meeting (Macedonia): August National Training Forum (FEV) (Rio de Janeiro): August DENEM International NGA (ECEV) (Florianópolis): April America’s Regional Meeting 2015 (Colombia): January
2014 XXII First Southern Division Regional Meeting of Brazilian Medical Students (EREM Sul-1 Porto Alegre): October XXXXIV- ECEM Nationa assembly (Brasilia); July
2013 XXI First Southern Division Regional Meeting of Brazilian Medical Students (EREM Sul-1 Porto Alegre): September
“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth.”
William W. Purkey
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