Karthik Kavasseri did his Family Medicine Residency at the Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, NC. He completed medical school at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, where his education was based in Grand Rapids and Flint, Michigan. He received a Bachelor of Science in Social Theory and Practice at the University of Michigan, and completed a year of Americorps in Detroit, MI prior to medical school. Karthik has always been interested in social justice and community involvement. In Detroit, he lived on an urban farm and participated in projects improving housing equity, access to healthy foods, and school lunches. It became clear through this work that being an active participant in one’s community is also a key to personal fulfillment and happiness. This worldview ultimately led him to family medicine, where he sees clear avenues for community leadership and activism. Karthik has global health experience in Uganda through the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children, and Honduras through Shoulder to Shoulder. Karthik was a fellow at the Tribal Health Initiative in Sittilingi in India and Gallup Indian Medical Center in New Mexico.