Diane Janelle, “D.J.”, Camonayan is a fourth year medical student at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Georgia. She completed her B.S. in Nursing at Georgia State University and worked as a registered nurse before deciding to pursue medicine. She is the eldest daughter to Filipino immigrants, and loves staying in touch with her culture. So naturally, APAMSA was a perfect fit for her, integrating both the Asian American experience and the love for healthcare. She has enthusiastically served as Vice President of APAMSA’s PCOM Chapter and National APAMSA’s Region IV Director, prior to becoming the now Southeast Asian Director. Being a Georgia peach, she hopes to promote advocacy for SEA patients and representation of SEA medical students in the South and beyond in her new role. Outside of school, she loves to travel, run races, practice hot yoga, try new places to eat, and go on side quests (she just graduated from the Citizens Police Academy and recently took Curling lessons). She hopes to be an Emergency Medicine physician in the near future.