EMILY ZEINTEK ‘19

Educational Background: Southern Methodist University: BS in Biology; Minor in Human Rights (2019)

Texas Tech Health Science Center Medical School-El Paso: MD (2024) 

UT Health: MPH (2024)

SMU Accomplishments: At SMU, Emily co-founded a health and human rights discussion group. She also volunteered with the Vickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation’s EAGLE Scholars Program. 

Postbaccalaureate Career: Emily currently attends Texas Tech Health Science Center Medical School-El Paso, where she started a campus garden and serves as Co-Leader of the Student Wellness Organization. She is involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters of El Paso; works at clinics on weekends to educate patients in waiting rooms about common diseases; teaches on diabetes with EP HEAT, a local student-directed organization; and is co-writing an informative children’s book with classmates. Emily says, “I do local career days and LOVE that since I want to go into pediatrics!”

Updated January 2022